United States v. Thomas

Opinion of the Court-

Paul W. Brosman, Judge:

Following the joint trial by general court-martial of the persons here accused, their convictions of desertion and of escape from confinement were approved by the convening authority and thereafter by an Army board of review. Subsequent to the initial opinion of the board, the accused moved that the case be reassigned and that a rehearing be granted before a different board of review. The propriety of the refusal to reassign is the question before us now under the granted petition of the accused.

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After the record of trial had been forwarded…