There’s a saying that says military courts are to justice what military bands are to music. The court wouldn’t have allowed the defense to call the colonel. Like Breaker Morant, where all of the friendly witnesses were sent to India.
Interestingly, Article 31 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the rights of an accused, predates Miranda by decades. My experience as a prosecutor, Aera Defense Counsel and Circuit Defense Counsel was that the car majority of the time the court or court martial panel got it right. There were notable exceptions.
Colonel, USAF JAGCR (Ret)
Interestingly, Article 31 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the rights of an accused, predates Miranda by decades. My experience as a prosecutor, Aera Defense Counsel and Circuit Defense Counsel was that the vast majority of the time the court or court martial panel got it right. There were notable exceptions.
Colonel, USAF JAGCR (Ret)