United States v. Bogan

OPINION OF THE COURT ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS

O’DONNELL, Judge:

The Government by Petition for Extraordinary Relief in the Nature of a Writ of Mandamus seeks an order directing the respondent military judge to reverse his ruling excluding certain evidence.

I. BACKGROUND

Sergeant Richard N. Stamps, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Basic Training Brigade, United States Army Training Center, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was charged with larceny of 44 Army field jackets in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 921, on 4 January 1982. The…