United States v. Leslie

This matter is before this Court on motion of the appellee, the accused. The motion goes to the question certified by the acting Judge Advocate General of the Navy concerning action taken by the United States Navy Court of Military Review in this case. That court reversed the appellee’s conviction.

The certified question is as follows: Considering that the majority of the U. S. Navy Court of Military Review found the accused’s conviction to be otherwise unassailable, was the lead opinion correct in the determination that United States v. Craig, 8 U.S.C.M.A. 218, 24 C.M.R. 28 (1957) was wrongly…