United States v. Ruiz

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Senior Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, the accused was convicted of larceny of several items from the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES). Article 121, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 921. His approved sentence includes a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 2 months, and reduction to E-l. The accused claims the military judge erred by (1) denying a motion to suppress his statements to an AAFES store detective and the evidence he turned over to her, and (2) failing to prohibit the prosecutor from raising the fact that the accused never proclaimed his innocence after his…