United States v. Reid

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

A special court-martial convicted the accused of three violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, partial forfeiture of pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for six months.

• Under the Table of Maximum Punishments the offenses carry a maximum punishment of a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for fifteen months. However, a special court-martial cannot impose a sentence which exceeds a bad-conduct discharge, partial forfeitures, and confinement…