United States v. Stith

OPINION OF THE COURT

CLAUSEN, Chief Judge:

Subsequent to the completion of his trial, appellant addressed a letter to the convening authority questioning the professionalism and fitness of his trial defense counsel. The staff judge advocate included appellant’s comments in the post-trial review and then, pursuant to United States v. Goode, 1 M.J. 3 (C.M.A.1975), served a copy of the review on the same defense counsel for examination and rebuttal. The defense counsel returned the review without comment, and the convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

We agree with appellant that a…