Legal Opinion

United States v. Merz

Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals

Decided January 22, 1999No. NMCM 98 01213PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DORMAN, Senior Judge:

Appellant stands convicted by special court-martial, consistent with his pleas, of a single specification alleging the wrongful use of marijuana in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 912a (1994). Officer members sentenced the appellant to confinement for 90 days, forfeiture of $617 pay per month for 3 months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

We have carefully reviewed the record of trial, the appellant’s four summary assignments of error, and the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. United States v. SnellingUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1982
  3. United States v. HealyUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1988
  4. United States v. FisherUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1986
  5. United States v. TrottierUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1980

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. United States v. GodbeeNavy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals · 2008
  2. United States v. HinojosNavy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals · 2015
  3. United States v. LittlejohnNavy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals · 2018
  4. United States v. PepperNavy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals · 2020
  5. United States v. PraterNavy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals · 2019

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