United States v. Burns

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

Convicted by general court-martial of four specifications of forgery, in violation of Uniform Code of Military *40Justice, Article 123, 10 USC § 923, the accused was sentenced to bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, confinement at hard labor for one year, and reduction. Intermediate appellate authorities affirmed, and accused has petitioned this Court, alleging, inter alia, that his pretrial «statements should not have been received in evidence against him in view of his interrogator’s failure to advise him of his rights to counsel in…