United States v. Johnson

DECISION

MICHALSKI, Judge:

A general court-martial consisting of a military judge and members convicted the appellant upon his mixed pleas of the following offenses involving his wife as the victim: three specifications of assault and battery, burglary with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter, and attempted premeditated murder.

Although the appellant assigns three errors for our consideration, we have determined that only the first, set out below, merits discussion:

WITH RESPECT TO THE CHARGE AND SPECIFICATION ALLEGING ATTEMPTED PREMEDITATED MURDER, THE TRIAL JUDGE ERRED TO THE MANIFEST…