Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. RALPH X. ACOSTA, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Acosta
Decision Date: 1973-06-08
Docket Number: No. 26,737
Citation: 22 C.M.A. 347
Volume: 22
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Court: United States Court of Military Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v RALPH X. ACOSTA, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: 
Pages: 347–347

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v RALPH X. ACOSTA, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
22 USCMA 347,
46 CMR 347
No. 26,737
June 8, 1973
Colonel Arnold I. Melnick, Cwptain Allan K. DuBois, and Captain Michael A. Mason were on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald M. Holdaway, Major Thomas P. Bums, III, Captain Richard A. Karre, and Captain Richard L. Menson were on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam:
Under attack is the admissibility of evidence of a previous conviction by summary court, at which the accused was not sentenced to confinement, and of a previous conviction by special court-martial, at which the accused allegedly was represented by appointed counsel who was not a professional lawyer in the civilian sense. For the reasons set out in the separate opinions of Chief Judge Darden and
Judge Quinn in United States v Alderman, 22 USCMA 298, 46 CMR 298 (May 25, 1973), we sustain the admission of the evidence. The decision of the Court of Military Review is affirmed.