ADAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 889.

319 U.S. 312 (1943)

ADAMS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thurgood Marshall, with whom Mr. W. Robert Ming, Jr., was on the brief, for Richard P. Adams et al.

Mr. Robert L. Stern, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Berge, and Messrs. Oscar A. Provost and W. Marvin Smith were on the brief, for the United States et al.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has certified to us two questions of law pursuant to § 239 of the Judicial Code. The certificate shows that the three defendants were soldiers and were convicted under 18 U.S.C. §§ 451, 457, in the federal District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, for the rape of a civilian woman. The alleged offense occurred within the confines of Camp...

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