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United States v. Cruz

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided June 12, 1959No. 12,852PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court

GeoRge W. Latimer, Judge:

At his trial by general court-martial, accused pleaded guilty as charged to wrongful appropriation of a motor vehicle and fleeing the scene of an accident, violations of Articles 121 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice. 10 USC §§ 921 and 934, respectively. The law officer ascertained that accused understood the meaning and effect of his plea and had not entered it improvidently, and thereupon he entered findings of guilty. The court-martial then proceeded with matters pertaining to punishment and imposed a sentence of a bad-conduct discharge,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. United States v. LucasUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1951
  3. United States v. MasusockUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1951
  4. United States v. JonesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
  5. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. United States v. TibbsUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1965
  2. United States v. RobinsonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1963
  3. United States v. HamilUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1964
  4. United States v. ForwerckUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1961
  5. United States v. SimpsonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1967

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