United States v. Adams

OPINION OF THE COURT

On 6 July 1978 appellant was charged with disrespect to a superior noncommissioned officer, assault (consummated by a battery), and communicating a threat. Examination of the allied papers in this case discloses that on 10 July 1978 these charges were referred to a “regular” special court-martial, i. e., a special court-martial not empowered to adjudge a bad-conduct discharge, by Colonel [M], the special court-martial convening authority. Prior to the commencement of the trial for these offenses, appellant allegedly committed three heroin offenses. The heroin offenses,…