United States v. Ross

Opinion of the Court

Darden, Judge:

This case is another involving the circumstances in which an accused may be subjected to physehiatrie or psychological testing without his having been warned of his rights relating to self-incrimination and to counsel.

Before a general court-martial convened at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Corporal Ross pleaded not guilty to the charged offenses of desertion, premeditated murder, and larceny, in violation of Articles 85, 118, and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 885, 918, and 921. The court found him guilty of the lesser included offenses of…