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United States v. Smith

Citations

  • 13 C.M.A. 105
  • 13 USCMA 105
  • 32 C.M.R. 105
  • 1962 CMA LEXIS 229
  • 1962 WL 4459

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  • recognizing power of this Court to establish its own legal sufficiency rules under Article 67, UCMJ, 10 USC § 867 (1994)
  • the corpus delicti corroboration rule in the Manual for Courts-Martial, 1951, paragraph 140, must be followed in trials by courts-martial instead of the presumably more lenient Opper rule
  • Government counsel asserting that victim impact statements admitted under R.C.M. 1001A are not evidence

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Judges: Ferguson, Kilday, Quinn

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