United States v. Littlejohn

Opinion

COOK, Judge:

Appellant stands convicted by a general court-martial of making a false claim against the United States, failure to obey a lawful order, and willful disobedience of a command of his superior commissioned officer, in violation of Articles 132, 92 and 90, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. *201§§ 932, 892 and 890, respectively. We granted review to consider whether the appellant’s pretrial statement regarding the false claim offense was properly admitted into evidence.

The evidence of record reflects that appellant, while stationed in Incirlik, Turkey, submitted a claim…