Legal Opinion

United States v. Acevedo-Velez

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided December 5, 1983No. 43,745; CM 441386PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court

EVERETT, Chief Judge:

Consistent with his pleas of guilty, appellant was convicted by a military judge, sitting as a general court-martial, on a charge of arson with three specifications, in violation of Article 126, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 926. The first specification alleged that at about 3:00 a.m., May 8, 1981, appellant “willfully and maliciously set on fire an inhabitated [sic] dwelling” — namely, an Army barracks. The other two specifications alleged that twenty minutes before, he had “willfully and maliciously set fire to a dumpster” and "a…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Dynes v. HooverSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
  2. People v. GarciaSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
  3. Jack Stanley, Thomas A. Warren, Isom Meyers, and Hubert Stanley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957
  4. People v. AlexanderCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1980

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. People v. NowackMichigan Supreme Court · 2000
  2. United States v. PenisterUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1987
  3. United States v. Jane Doe (r.s.w.)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
  4. United States v. JeffersonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1986
  5. People v. GloverCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991

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