Legal Opinion
United States v. Adams
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided April 1, 1955No. 5300PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:
A general court-martial convicted the accused of two specifications of murder in violation of Article 118, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 712, and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for twenty-five years. On appeal, a divided board of review affirmed only a finding of guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and modified the sentence by reducing the period of confinement to fifteen years. We granted further review to consider certain claims of error by the accused.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Beard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- State v. HolbrookOregon Supreme Court · 1920
- State v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. SmithUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1963
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- United States v. LyonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1965
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