United States v. Vara

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatiMer, Judge:

The accused was convicted by general court-martial of five offenses involving the sale, use, and transfer of heroin and marihuana, charged as violations of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. The sentence adjudged provided for a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for seven years. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence, and the board of review followed suit except to approve only so much of the sentence as included a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and…