United States v. Clear

OPINION OF THE COURT

KASTL, Senior Judge:

Several years ago, one activist general court-martial jurisdiction (which we will not further identify) urged its base-level staff judge advocates to produce error-free work. Base-level personnel had the last laugh, however: the general court-martial jurisdiction had warned them using these words: “we won’t say it again — pay greater attenion [sic] to detail.”

This is a case where “attenion to detail” could have avoided a great deal of needless busywork.

Staff Sergeant Clear was tried by a general court-martial, military judge alone, for conspiracy to…