United States v. Bickley

At the very least, the facts of this case show a soldier who did not intentionally violate an exceptionally convoluted post regulation, ie., Fort Stewart Regulation 190-2 (27 October 1995).1 Moreover, they also show a soldier who honestly and, in my view, reasonably believed that he was authorized by his battalion commander to keep the weapon (returned to him at 1:30 a.m.) in his locked barracks wall locker until the arms room opened at 9:00 a.m. See United States v. Little, 43 MJ 88, 91 (1995) (record reflects persistent belief that possession of work knife authorized). I strenuously…