Legal Opinion
United States v. Courtney
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided July 2, 1976No. 30,864PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLETCHER, Chief Judge:
Following the accused’s arraignment on a single charge alleging the wrongful possession of marihuana in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934,1 his counsel, Captain Zollie Cowart, moved to dismiss the charge or, in the alternative, for a ruling that the maximum confinement penalty should be limited to that imposable for a marihuana possession offense brought under Article 92, UCMJ.2 As a basis for his motion, Captain Cowart sought to establish that the accused had been denied equal protection of the laws as that…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by113 opinions
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- United States v. EttlesonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1982
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