United States v. Freeman
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- United States v. McBride (United States Court of Military Appeals 1955)
- United States v. Adamiak (United States Court of Military Appeals 1954)
- United States v. Walters (United States Court of Military Appeals 1954)
- United States v. Gibson (United States Court of Military Appeals 1953)
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Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
The accused was convicted by general court-martial of larceny and was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement for one year. The findings and sentence have been upheld on review. We granted accused’s petition for review limited to the issue of whether a closed session conference with the law officer constituted reversible error.
The facts of this case parallel precisely those involved in United States v. Ferry (No. 1438), 8 CMR 126, decided this date. Assuming that the closed session conference constituted error, it was cured by the subsequent action of the law officer in calling in both counsel and the accused and repeating the previous advice he had given to the court alone. .Defense counsel, when asked for comment, replied that he had none. In Ferry, supra, we held this not to be reversible error.
Concurring Opinion
(concurring):
I concur. I assume from the holdings in this case and in United States v. Ferry (No. 1438), 8 CMR 126, decided this date, that general prejudice may be cured.
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