United States v. Hirrlinger

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused pleaded guilty and was convicted of two crimes of larceny, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement and partial forfeitures for three months.

After the court retired to deliberate upon the sentence, they returned some thirty-seven minutes later to seek advice. There followed this dialogue:

“PRES: Will the trial counsel advise us of the meaning of the JAG Journal that was given to each court member to read as a new ruling?

“At this point the…