United States v. Craig

Judge GIERKE

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant was involved in a drug distribution scheme. A law enforcement agent recorded a telephone conversation in which Appellant made inculpatory statements to one of his co-conspirators. At trial, because of the recording’s poor quality, the military judge allowed the Government to give the members a transcript of the conversation. This appeal concerns whether the military judge properly admitted that transcript. We conclude that the military judge did not abuse his discretion when he permitted the members to receive a substantially accurate…