United States v. Thompson

Opinion of the Court

EFFRON, Judge:

In a contested general court-martial, officer and enlisted members convicted Sergeant (Sgt) Thompson of two specifications of assault with a dangerous weapon, see Art. 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928. They sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement and forfeiture of $814.80 pay per month for 6 months, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority reduced the forfeitures to the whole dollar amount of $814.00 pay per month for 6 months but otherwise approved these results.

The Court of Criminal Appeals held…