Barnett v. Persons

OPINION OF THE COURT ON PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF IN THE NATURE OF A WRIT OF MANDAMUS

On 3 September 1976, petitioner was convicted by a special court-martial not empowered to adjudge a bad-conduct dis*935charge and was sentenced to be reduced to the grade of Sergeant First Class (E-7). The adjudged sentence was approved and ordered executed by the convening authority. The record of trial was then reviewed pursuant to Article 65(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 865(c), and paragraph 94a (2), Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1969 (Revised edition), and became…