United States v. Acevedo

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’HAIR, Senior Judge:

During sentencing in a military judge alone trial, the appellant presented an unsworn statement in which he expressed his great remorse for the assault committed on his son and he asked that he be allowed to stay in the Air Force and be given another chance. Following this, the trial counsel announced his intention to present testimony from the appellant’s commander and first sergeant to rebut appellant’s request to the court that he be given another chance. Trial counsel elaborated on this by explaining that the offered testimony “has nothing to do…