Legal Opinion

United States v. Sweeney

Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Decided August 30, 2011No. 10-0461/NAPublishedCited by 83 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Judge RYAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Contrary to his pleas, Appellant was convicted by special court-martial of one specification of failure to go to his appointed place of duty, one specification of absence without leave, one specification of making a false official statement, and one specification of wrongful use of cocaine. Articles 86, 107, 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 907, 912a (2006). He was sentenced to confinement for thirty days and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the adjudged findings and sentence, and the United…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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3Cited by83 opinions

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  5. Perry Armstead v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2016

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