United States v. Monahan

OPINION OF THE COURT

The accused stands convicted by a general court-martial before military judge alone of numerous offenses including a charge of desertion in violation of Article 85, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 885. He entered pleas of guilty to all of the offenses except the charge of desertion to which he pleaded guilty only to the lesser included offense of absence without leave. We granted review to determine if the staff judge advocate’s review was prejudicially misleading where, after summarizing the evidence relating to the contested element of the appellant’s intent,…