United States v. Attebury

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

Brought to trial on three charges, including murder, the accused stands convicted of striking a Vietnamese national in the head with a rifle and violating a regulation prohibiting consumption of alcoholic beverages in an Army vehicle, in violation of Articles 128 and 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 928 and 892, respectively. We granted review to consider three assignments of error.

It appears that the accused was interrogated three times in a four-day period by a Criminal Investigations Detachment agent. On the first occasion, he indicated…