Legal Opinion

United States v. Washington

United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals

Decided April 20, 2001No. ACM S29797PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Chief Judge:

Court members sentenced the appellant to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement for 2 months after convicting him of willful dis*938obedience of a superior commissioned officer’s order to be inoculated with anthrax vaccine. Article 90, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 890. The appellant has assigned five errors: (1) The military judge erred in precluding the defense from presenting the affirmative defenses of duress and necessity; (2) The appellant’s conviction is legally and factually insufficient; (3) The military judge erred by denying the appellant sentencing credit…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  4. United States v. BaileySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. United States v. TurnerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1987

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2002
  2. United States v. SillsCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2002
  3. United States v. NazarioUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 2001
  4. United States v. SillsUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 2001
  5. United States v. SillsUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 2002

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