United States v. Marshall

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

The accused was charged, before a general court-martial, with the offense of unpremeditated murder, in violation of Article 118, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 918. The specification thereunder recited the following:

“In that Raymond L. Marshall, Ship's Serviceman Second Class, U. S. Navy, U. S. Naval Station, Guam, Mariana Islands, then Ship’s Serviceman Third Class, U. S. Navy, USS HUNLEY (AS31), did, at the La Paloma Bar, Agana, Guam, Mariana Islands, on or about 8 April 1968, murder Staff Sergeant Warren J. Coulter, U. S. Air Force, by…