Legal Opinion
United States v. Doane
United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
Decided April 2, 2001No. ACM 33234PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
YOUNG, Chief Judge:
May a military accused lawfully be ordered into pretrial confinement while awaiting trial solely to prevent him from committing suicide? We hold that he may not.
The appellant pled guilty to, and was convicted of, committing indecent acts on his daughter, who was under 16 years of age. Article 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The approved sentence consists of confinement for 12 months and reduction to E-4. The appellant claims the military judge erred by denying his motion for appropriate relief for illegal pretrial confinement, the sole purpose of which was to prevent him…
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