United States v. Holmes

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 67 (&) (2) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 654, The Judge Advocate General of the United States Air Force has filed a certificate seeking review of certain questions of law in this case,

Airman Holmes, the accused, needed 'gasoline for his car. He decided to obtain it by “moonlight requisition.” First, he got a twenty-five gallon drum, and then he proceeded to a parking lot at the Briggs Air Force Base. There, he went directly to a water sprinkler truck, He removed the cap and strainer *154from…