United States v. Daniels

“When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen ....”1

General George Washington; Address to the Legislature of New York, 26 June 1775

This is a very visceral case, the complexity of which is dictated by its appearance of simplicity. In actuality, it is one with underlying judicial challenges belied by its at-firstglanee facade of being a fundamentally “simple” case.2 Within its four corners, the appropriate outcome of the case feels clear; *607however, it is a vivid illustration of the distinction between “legal” and “moral” guilt. It is an example of a case where one is not the…