United States v. Coates

Opinion of the Court

Paul W. BROSMAN, Judge:

A Navy court-martial has convicted the accused under two specifications of desertion with intent to remain away permanently and one charge of escape from confinement, the former in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 85, 50 USC § 679, the latter proscribed by Article 95, 50 USC § 689. The findings and the sentence were approved by the convening authority, but a board of review, in its consideration of the ease, and for reasons which will appear shortly, held the second of the two alleged desertions, and the escape from…