United States v. Muldoon

Opinion of the Court

EVERETT, Chief Judge:

Tried and convicted by a military judge of larceny and housebreaking, in violation of Articles 121 and 130, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 921 and 930, respectively, the appellant was séntenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for one year, total forfeitures, and reduction. All intermediate reviewing authorities subsequently upheld his conviction. We then granted review to determine whether the appellant’s confession was illegally obtained and should have been suppressed as evidence by the military judge.

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