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United States v. Janis

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided April 16, 1976No. 30,686PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

2Per curiam

Realizing that his 3-month old son, Steven, was having difficulty breathing, Sergeant Janis drove him to the U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Polk, Louisiana. After undergoing emergency treatment, the infant was air-evacuated to Brooke Army Medical Center where he died 3 days later. An autopsy established the cause of death to be a traumatic subdural hemorrhage. Because Sergeant Janis’ 11-month-old child, Edward, also died under somewhat similar circumstances 3 years before, medical authorities suspected child abuse and referred the matter to military criminal investigators.

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3Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. YergerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1952
  2. United States v. KelleyUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
  3. Edwin Arnold Kraft v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1956
  4. United States v. WeaverUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1975
  5. United States v. ThomasUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1955

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4Cited by31 opinions

  1. United States v. GrundenUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1977
  2. United States v. BrannanUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1984
  3. United States v. CastilloUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1989
  4. United States v. DiCupeUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1986
  5. United States v. Mirandes-GonzalezUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1988

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