United States v. Boone

31. Like the majority, I am disturbed by the sentencing process and the sentence. However, in my view, as a matter of law, the Court of Military Review had adequately addressed the issue of effective assistance of counsel, and I adopt its decision, see 39 MJ 541 (1994).

32. There is a final point to be addressed on the sentence. This point is not from the accused’s viewpoint but from that of the military community that produced the military jury that sentenced the accused. I call it “truth in sentencing.” See Knapp, Allocation of Discretion and Accountability within Sentencing Structures, 64…