United States v. Baldwin

OPINION OF THE COURT

SNYDER, Chief Judge:

On 9 February 2000, a General Court-Martial convened at Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina. Appellee was arraigned on one specification of committing indecent acts, on divers occasions, on his stepdaughter, who is less than 16 years of age. Article 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 934. Prior to entering pleas, trial defense counsel made a timely motion to suppress appellee’s confession on the ground that it was insufficiently corroborated. After receiving evidence on the motion and hearing argument, the military judge granted the motion.

On 9 February 2000,…