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United States v. Fields

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided March 28, 1958No. 10,614PublishedCited by 89 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court

Homer FERGUSON, Judge:

This is another in a series of cases which have reached this Court of late involving the correctness of certain advice contained in the staff judge advocate’s post-trial review of the record of trial. Because of the inordinate number of cases in which issues of a similar nature have been raised, it is considered advisable here to explore at some length the law applicable to such reviews. We take this action for it is apparent that many erroneous conceptions respecting the requirements, functions and extent of the post-trial review characterize the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. LanfordUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1955
  2. United States v. MasseyUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1955
  3. United States v. CoulterUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1954
  4. United States v. GriceUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1957
  5. United States v. VaraUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958

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3Cited by89 opinions

  1. United States v. HurtUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958
  2. United States v. BoatnerUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1971
  3. United States v. HooperUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958
  4. United States v. RiveraUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1970
  5. United States v. CumminsUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1958

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