Court Opinion

ID: 8646453
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 20:20:32.067583+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:56:19.601031
License: Public Domain

COX, Judge
(concurring):
While I concur in the principal opinion, I do not intend to create any rule of law known as “implied bias” where a prospective court member has been the victim of a crime similar to the one charged. I would test court-member qualifications on a case-by-case basis and would, almost always, defer to the discretion of the military judge. See Wainwright v. Witt, — U.S. ---, 105 S.Ct. 844, 83 L.Ed.2d 841 (1985). Here, I agree with Chief Judge Everett that this military judge abused his discretion.