United States v. Clark

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

Before a special court-martial, the accused pleaded guilty to a charge of unauthorized absence for a period of twelve days, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886. He was convicted on his plea and sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for six months, and partial forfeitures. The convening authority modified the sentence and, so modified, it was affirmed by the supervisory general court-martial authority and a divided board of review.

The question which divided the board, and which is…