Legal Opinion
United States v. Rodriguez
U S Air Force Court of Military Review
Decided November 16, 1979No. ACM 22518PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
ARROWOOD, Judge:
It is charged that the accused did by. culpable negligence unlawfully kill his wife by shooting her in the head with a .25 caliber automatic pistol, in violation of Article 119, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 919. The military judge was requested to give an instruction on the defense of accident, but he decided the issue had not been reasonably raised by the evidence and refused the instruction. Appellate defense counsel now assert that he erred in that decision. They also contend that evidence of accused’s intoxication and his testimony that he “did not…
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