United States v. Pippin

DECISION

This is an appeal from a drug abuse conviction involving cocaine and metham*807phetamines in which the appellant contends the convening authority erred by denying his request for a nine day extension to present clemency matters arriving from out-of-state. R.C.M. 1105(c)(1).

The addendum to the Staff Judge Advocate’s recommendation concluded the denial was proper because, “No good cause [was] cited in the request.” The term “good cause” is not defined in the Rule beyond stating that it “... ordinarily does not include the need for securing matters which could reasonably have been presented…