Legal Opinion
United States v. Roberts
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided October 8, 1976No. 30,818; ACM S-24169PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PERRY, Judge:
The appellant was convicted by general court-martial of possession of 438 grams of marihuana,1 in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 892, and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for 4 months. The findings and sentence have been approved at all review levels below. The appellant complains to this Court that his conviction is fatally tainted by the improper admission into evidence at trial, over his objection, of marihuana seized during an unlawful search of his quarters. We agree.
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3Cited by39 opinions
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