United States v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

LEWIS, Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of attempted rape, larceny and unlawful entry.1 His approved sentence consisted of confinement at hard labor for two years and six months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances for 30 months and reduction to the grade of E-l. He comes before us contending that: (1) he was denied a speedy trial in violation of United States v. Burton, 21 U.S.C.M.A. 112, 44 C.M.R. 166 (1971); (2) the military judge prejudicially erred by denying a defense request for witnesses; (3) the military judge…