Legal Opinion

United States v. Henry

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided December 10, 1971No. 24,042PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

Quinn, Judge:

At trial on a charge of unpremeditated murder before a military judge without court members, the accused and a defense witness testified that' the accused was the only person of several outside a hootch (hut), occupied by Specialist Spooner and others, who fired a number of rounds from an M-16 rifle into the hootch. Spooner *99died from a bullet in the head. The accused testified that he had had a quarrel with some persons in the hootch and had been forced out; as he was “walking off” he heard, from inside the hootch, an “M-16 being locked and loaded.” He went to his own…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. WilsonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1953
  2. United States v. NowlingUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958
  3. United States v. WilliamsUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1953
  4. United States v. AnglinUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1969
  5. United States v. SchaferUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1962

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. LoukasUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1990
  2. United States v. LewisUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1982
  3. United States v. CollierUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1976
  4. United States v. GoodUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1991
  5. United States v. MorrisUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1982

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