United States v. Gentle

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

The petitioner was originally tried and convicted on four separate charges of violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, for which he was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, partial forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for six months. Intermediate re*438viewing authorities, however, disapproved and dismissed three of the charges and reduced the sentence. As he appears before us, the petitioner stands convicted only of failure to obey a lawful order (Charge II), in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 892. His…