Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. EDWARD W. JONES, Specialist Second Class, U. S. Army, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Jones
Decision Date: 1958-10-03
Docket Number: No. 11,370
Citation: 9 C.M.A. 709
Volume: 9
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 EDWARD W. JONES, Specialist Second Class, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: 
Pages: 709–710

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v EDWARD W. JONES, Specialist Second Class, U. S. Army, Appellant
9 USCMA 709, 26 CMR 489
No. 11,370
Decided October 3, 1958
Captain John F. Christensen and First Lieutenant Lawrence R. Fullem were on the brief for Appellant, Accused.
Lieutenant Colonel John G. Lee and First Lieutenant Jay D. Fischer were on the brief for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
Homer Ferguson, Judge:
Although the accused's petition for grant of review roundly condemned paragraph 47d of the Department of the Army Pamphlet No. 27-10, Military Justice Handbook: The Trial Counsel and The Defense Counsel, October 1954, of which we disapproved in United States v Darring, 9 USCMA 651, 26 CMR 431, the record does not disclose that the advice furnished the accused was predicated upon this policy in the present case. However, accused's unchallenged affidavit indicates his decision to forego appellate representation was not freely and voluntarily made.
The decision of the board of review is set aside and the record of trial returned to The Judge Advocate General of the Army for a rehearing of the cause before another board of review, the accused at that time to be granted an election as to whether or not to be represented by appellate counsel.