Legal Opinion
Charles O. Dixon v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1956No. 5400_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
A charge and specification was filed against Charles 0. Dixon, which alleged that on October 1, 1947, Dixon, while a private in the United States Army, stationed in Okinawa, did on October 1, 1947, “with malice aforethought, willfully, deliberately, feloniously, unlaw fully, and with premeditation,' kill one, ShigeOkuma, * * * by .striking her on the head with a pistol” in violation of the 92nd Article of War, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1564.
On January 5 and 6,1948, he was tried by a general court-martial, found guilty of murder in violation of such 92nd Article and sentenced to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Easley v. Hunter, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
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