United States v. McClelland

OPINION OF THE COURT

DeFORD, Senior Judge:

This case is before the court pursuant to Article 62, Uniform Code of Military Justice [hereinafter UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. § 862 (Supp. III 1985) and Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984, Rule for Courts-Martial 908(b) [hereinafter M.C.M. and R.C.M. respectively], for consideration of the government’s interlocutory appeal from a ruling of the trial judge suppressing appellee’s oral confession and oral and written pretrial statements made by members of his family. The judge ruled inter alia1 2that appellee’s oral confession of *505child sexual abuse was…