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United States v. Schaffer

Citations

  • 12 M.J. 425
  • 1982 CMA LEXIS 19243

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  • “[Ojverreaching” by the prosecution is one of the dangers of pretrial bargaining because of the inferior bargaining position of the accused.
  • “[T]here are obvious reasons why a military accused, with the advice of counsel, may wish to initiate a waiver of an Article 32 investigation[.]”
  • the burden is on the defense to show good cause sufficient to permit relief from waiver of pretrial investigation or of defective investigation

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Judges: Cook, Everett, Fletcher

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