United States v. Ellis

OLIVER, Judge:

We have examined the record of trial, the three assignments of error,1 and the Government’s response thereto. Because we find merit in the second assignment of error, we will not discuss the other assigned errors.2

In her second assignment of error, the appellant contends that the military judge should not have found her guilty of any of the bad-check offenses because she only admitted that she was guilty of negligence in failing to keep her check register accurate. We find this argument to have merit and that it entitles the appellant to relief.

A military judge may not accept a…