Chapin v. The E. Brainard

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• finding plain error when legal officer who prepared the recommendation also testified as a government witness at the presentencing hearing
• disqualifying a legal officer who testified for the government during sentenc- ing and “had strong personal feelings or biases about appel- lant” from writing post-trial recommendation
• legal officer who testified for Government during sentencing and “had strong personal feelings or biases about appellant” disqualified from writing post-trial recommendation
• plain error for recommendation to be prepared by legal officer who had testified at sentencing as a witness in aggravation
• a staff judge advocate may be disqualified from preparing post-trial review for conduct antithetical to the integrity of military justice system
• person who testifies as to the accused's lack of rehabilitative potential disqualified from authoring SJA recommendation

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