United States v. Riley

OPINION OF THE COURT UPON FURTHER REVIEW

YOUNG, Chief Judge:

The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF) has remanded the appellant’s case to this Court for a second time to clarify ambiguous findings. 55 M.J. 185 (2001). Upon further review, we affirm a finding of guilty of involuntary manslaughter.

I. Background

Court members convicted the appellant of the unpremeditated murder of an infant to which she had just given birth in a bathroom located in the Dyess Air Force Base Hospital Emergency Room. Article 118(2), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 918(2). They sentenced her to a dishonorable…