United States v. Davis

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The question before us is whether two pretrial statements by the accused were properly admitted into evidence. The accused contends that they are inadmissible because he was not informed, as required by Article 31, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 831, of the offenses of which he was purportedly suspected at the time the statements were requested from him.

On May 11, 1954, the accused, who had previously served with distinction both in World War II and in Korea, crossed the border from Sehirnding, Germany, into Czechoslovakia. Shortly…