United States v. Courney

DECISION

MILES, Judge:

The accused’s conviction for receiving stolen property rests, in part, on his pretrial statement accepted into evidence over defense objection. The accused, although he had been advised by his assigned counsel not to talk with Air Force Office of Special Investigation (OSI) agents, decided not to follow that'advice and, on his own initiative, went to the OSI office to give them a statement. Under the particular facts of this case, we hold the statement admissible although the OSI failed to contact his military counsel prior to interviewing him.

The accused was convicted by…