United States v. Ault

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

In accordance with his plea, the accused was convicted of larceny (purse snatching) of a handbag, containing about $100.00 in currency, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921, and sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for two years. The convening authority reduced the confinement to one year and an Army board of review affirmed the findings and sentence without opinion.

We granted appellant’s petition for review to consider whether the law officer erred to the substantial…