United States v. Osborne

Opinion of the Court

HoMER Ferguson, Judge:

Prior to the bringing of the charges with which we are presently concerned, accused had been tried by a general court-martial on three specifications of presenting false travel vouchers, in violation of Article 132, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 932, and had been acquitted. Nonetheless, pursuant to certain Air Force Circulars, accused was interviewed for the purported purpose of obtaining personal factual background for higher authorities. In the course of this interrogation the suspicions of the interviewing officer were aroused and as a…