Legal Opinion

United States v. Romero

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided November 28, 1975No. 30,413PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FERGUSON, Senior Judge:

At his general court-martial, the appellant was convicted of the negligent homicide of Private Wall “by injecting into him, a lethal over-dose of heroin.”1 At issue before this Court is the legal sufficiency of the evidence to sustain this finding, which we now deem to be adequate.

The prosecution’s case depended upon the testimony of Private Blackwell and the sworn pretrial statement of the appellant himself, admitted into evidence at trial as Prosecution Exhibit 1. Capsuled, this evidence indicates that on the date in question, Private Wall entered…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. McCraryUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1951
  2. United States v. RomanUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1952
  3. United States v. HoughtonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1962
  4. United States v. RussellUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1954
  5. United States v. SchultzUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1952

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. KickUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1979
  2. United States v. MogliaUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1977
  3. United States v. RileyCourt of Appeals for the Armed Forces · 2003
  4. United States v. GordonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1990
  5. United States v. HendersonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1986

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