United States v. Welch

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

Petitioner was convicted by general court-martial of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman in violation of Article of War 95, 10 U.S.C. § 1567. He was found guilty on June 6, 1951, and was sentenced to be dismissed from the service. The substance of the charge was that he had cheated on a written examination by wrongfully and dishonorably submitting, as his own solutions, answers not his own. We granted the petition for review directed to the issues of whether error was committed by receiving in evidence incriminating testimony given by…