Legal Opinion
United States v. Killion
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided April 19, 2016No. 15-0425/AFPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge RYAN
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Instructions given by a military judge “ ‘must be sufficient to provide necessary guideposts for an ‘informed deliberation’ on the guilt or innocence of the accused.’” United States v. Dearing, 63 M.J. 478, 479 (C.A.A.F.2006) (citation omitted); see also Rule for Courts-Martial (R.C.M.) 920(e)(1), (7). Words are considered provoking and a violation of Article 117, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 917 (2012), when, inter alia, “a reasonable person would expect [them] to induce a breach of the peace under the circumstances.”…
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