United States v. Walker

OPINION OF THE COURT

FOREMAN, Judge:

The appellant was convicted of the unpremeditated murders of his wife and stepson in violation of Article 118, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 918 (1976). He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for life, total forfeitures, and reduction to Private E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence.

At the trial the appellant claimed that his wife and not he had killed his stepson. He defended against the charge of murdering *825his wife on the ground of insanity. The issues in this case are whether the military…