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United States v. Cates

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided July 25, 1958No. 10,320PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court

Homer Ferguson, Judge:

Accused was tried by general court-martial for premeditated murder, and convicted of unpremeditated murder, in violation of Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 918. The facts, insofar as pertinent to this appeal, are as follows: Accused shot to death another serviceman following an altercation involving the obligation of accused’s wife, a barroom waitress, to accept payment in foreign specie from the deceased. Accused executed four pretrial statements, in the fourth of which, for the first time, he admitted an intention to…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. United States v. CarignanSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. United States v. JonesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
  3. United States v. GunnelsUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
  4. United States v. DicarioUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
  5. United States v. NoeUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1956

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. WorkmanUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1965
  2. United States v. ThomasUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1967
  3. United States v. YoungUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1959
  4. United States v. EvansUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1963
  5. United States v. HodgesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1963

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