United States v. Wilson

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

A general court-martial convicted the accused of three violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. One of these, which is the only offense before this Court, was assault with intent to commit voluntary manslaughter. On appeal, a board of review made new findings, and affirmed the conviction as an assault with a dangerous weapon. The accused now contends that the law officer’s instructions on self-defense were prejudicially inadequate. Those instructions are as follows:

“. . . with regard to the elements of self defense, the court is…