United States v. Long

Opinion of the Court

The appellant was tried and convicted, by a special court-martial military judge sitting alone, after having entered a plea of not guilty to the charge of possession of marihuana, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The only issue litigated at trial was the legality of the search of the appellant’s car on May 27, 1975, which led to the seizure of the marijuana by agents of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID). After listening to the various witnesses for the prosecution and the appellant and considering arguments of counsel,…