Louisiana Mutual Insurance v. New Orleans Insurance

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• holding military judge erred by admitting, over objection of the accused, evidence of an accused’s silence in response to a friend’s question as to whether he had committed rape
• holding military judge erred by admitting, over objection of the accused, evidence of an accused’s silence in response to a friend’s question as to whether he had committed rape
• holding military judge erred by admitting, over objection of the accused, evidence of an accused’s silence in response to a friend’s question as to whether he had committed rape
• interpreting the rule’s predecessor to mean “that silence by an accused who is under investigation will not logically support an inference of guilt.”
• finding erroneous admission of evidence was not harmless where the evidence of a sexual assault came solely from the alleged victim and where her testimony was vigorously attacked
• “The gist of [the predecessor to M.R.E. 304(a)(2), M.R.E. 304(h)(3),] is that silence by an accused who is under investigation will not logically support an inference of guilt.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).