Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. JOHN M. O'CONNOR, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Military Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1966-03-11
Citations: 16 C.M.A. 126
Docket Number: No. 19,028
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v JOHN M. O’CONNOR, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: Judge Kilday concurs.
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Volume: 16
Pages: 126–126

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v JOHN M. O’CONNOR, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
16 USCMA 126, 36 CMR 282
No. 19,028
March 11, 1966
Colonel Joseph L. Chalk, Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Hagopian, and Captain Melvin K. Najarían were on the brief for Appellant, Accused.
Colonel Joseph J. Crimmins, Lieutenant Colonel Francis M. Cooper, Captain John D. Jackson, and First Lieutenant Maurice J. Kutner were on the brief for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
Quinn, Chief Judge:
This case involves the same lecture by the Staff Judge Advocate, Fort Devens, Massachusetts, to officers of the command, as was before us in United States v Albert, 16 USCMA 111, 36 CMR 267. At trial, defense counsel ex^ pressly declined to voir dire the court members who indicated they had attended the lecture. However, he moved for a change of venue on the ground the lecture "might lead them to adjudge sentences greater than they might otherwise have adjudged." The motion was denied.
Our discussion in the Albert case of the substance of the lecture sustains the law officer's ruling. Accordingly, the decision of the board of review is affirmed.
Judge Kilday concurs.