United States v. Taylor

Judge STUCKY

delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted review to consider whether an accused may invoke the spousal confidential communications privilege and thereby prevent his wife from testifying to his admission to committing adultery. We hold that he may not and affirm the court below.

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Appellant, who was then stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, married DN in August 1999. In November of that year, DN returned to Idaho to finish high school. Soon after she left, Appellant met a fifteen-year-old girl, AM. AM lived in a trailer park where Appellant visited friends.

Appellant and AM…