United States v. Woodley

Opinion of the Court

Darden, Judge:

Tried by a special court-martial before a military judge alone, the appellant was convicted of failing to obey the order of a noncommissioned officer and assault on the same person with a dangerous weapon, a grenade. The sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for five months, forfeiture of $40.00 per month for the same period, and reduction in grade remained unchanged throughout earlier appellate review. The issue to be considered in this opinion is whether Woodley’s testimony rendered his pleas of guilty to both charges and…