United States v. Parish

Military commanders and military policemen have no more hours in a day than anyone else; they, too, must apportion their time to do all they have to do. Certainly, pretrial confinement of an individual is a matter of grave concern, but officials processing accusations against accused cannot devote all their energies or all their time to a particular accused. In fact, the law demands no more than that they act reasonably in the circumstances. Pollard v United States, 352 US 354, 361, 1 L ed 2d 393, 77 S Ct 481 (1957); United States v Callahan, 10 USCMA 156, 27 CMR 230. Even brief periods of…