United States Ex Rel. Innes v. Crystal

FRANK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a soldier in the military service of the United States, was convicted of criminal charges by a court-martial of the United States Army, and sought habeas corpus because of alleged errors committed by the court-martial.

The authorities generally are to the effect that the civil courts cannot consider errors at a court-martial except those that affect the jurisdiction of the court-martial or the fixing of a penalty beyond its statutory powers. 1 2None of the alleged errors here goes to that extent. Thus one of the alleged errors was that counsel assigned to…