United States v. Ashley

OPINION OF THE COURT

Quinn, Judge:

We granted review to consider whether proceedings in the United States District Court required abatement of court-martial proceedings against the accused on two specifications of willful disobedience of orders.

A second application by the accused, a medical doctor, for separation from the service on the ground that he was a conscientious objector was denied. The reason for the denial was that the application was based on the same matter as had been presented in the first application. The accused then applied to a United States District Court for relief,…