United States v. Kiger

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

This is a case in which The Judge Advocate General of the Navy has certified the decision of the board of review to this Court upon the following question:

“Was the Board of Review correct in deciding that Prosecution Exhibit #4 was not propei'Iy admissible in evidence?”

The issue before us arises out of the receipt in evidence, after announcement of the findings of guilty, of a properly authenticated extract of accused’s service record which recorded the vacation of the suspended portion of the *523adjudged and approved sentence in a previous court-martial. The…