Legal Opinion
Burns ex rel. Burns v. Sanford
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided April 20, 1948No. 2265 H. CPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
UNDERWOOD, District Judge.
In October 1945, petitioner and five others were tried together and, as far as petitioner was concerned, convicted by a general court-martial upon charges and specifications alleging assault with intent to commit rape upon one Ruby Scott; assault with intent to commit rape upon Corporal Anna Dackerman; assault upon Sergeant William F. Fields; and commission of a riot.
Upon conviction of said charges, petitioner was sentenced upon a general or gross sentence of forty years. This sentence was, on July 18, 1946, by order of the Secretary of War, directed by the…
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