United States v. Rivers

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARN, Judge:

Private First Class Rivers was convicted by the members of a special court-martial of being an accessory after the fact to the offense of robbery by aiding the robber “in his escape from the scene of the offense and by concealing evidence of the offense, to wit: a Tashiba radio and a .25 caliber automatic pistol.”

The evidence presented by the Government during the accused’s trial tended to *993show that two hitchhikers who were riding in the rear seat of the accused’s car were robbed at gun point by the passenger sitting in the front of the car. In addition to…