United States v. Hopkins

Opinion of the Court

GeoRGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

As this case comes before us, the accused stands convicted by general court-martial of having made a false official statement, in violation of Article 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 907, and failure to account for certain Postal funds, in violation of Federal law, which in turn was a violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. He was sentenced to bad-conduct discharge, partial forfeitures, confinement for one year, and reduction to the grade of private. Intermediate appellate agencies have affirmed,…