United States v. Venerable

Since the charge was referred to a special court-martial for trial, the maximum punishment is limited to that authorized for special court-martial by Article 19, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 819, not that specified for the offense in the Table of Maximum Punishments, Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1969, paragraph 127c, section A. Consequently, it is inappropriate to justify a conclusion that the punishment imposed upon the accused was lenient by comparison with the punishment prescribed by the Table of Maximum Punishments rather than the jurisdictional limits of…