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United States v. Vaughters

United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals

Decided April 26, 1995No. ACM 30799PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Senior Judge:

The main issue raised in this appeal is how the rule in Edwards v. Arizona applies to police-initiated interrogation of a suspect who has not been held in continuous custody between assertion of his right to counsel and the subsequent interrogation.

A military judge convicted appellant of wrongfully using cocaine (Article 112a, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 912a) and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 6 months, forfeiture of $300 pay per month for 8 months, and reduction to E-l. Appellant assigns two errors, and this Court specified a third:…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Colorado v. ConnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Michigan v. MosleySupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. SimoyUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 1996
  2. United States v. VaughtersCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 1996
  3. United States v. HallUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 2001
  4. United States v. FaiscaArmy Court of Criminal Appeals · 1996
  5. United States v. RomanoUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 1995

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