United States v. Cree

OPINION

COOK, Judge:

The accused contends that the staff judge advocate’s post-trial review is prejudicially misleading because it conveys an impression that he was convicted of wrongfully communicating a threat, whereas he was acquitted of that offense. He relies upon United States v. Lindsey, 23 U.S.C.M.A. 9, 48 C.M.R. 265 (1974).

This case is not like United States v. Lindsey. There, the staff judge advocate represented that the accused had been convicted of an offense when, in fact, he had been acquitted; here, the staff judge advocate twice iterated that the accused was acquitted of the…