United States v. Holmes

Opinion of the Court

HomeR FeRGüson, Judge:

A special court-martial convicted the accused of larceny in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921. He was sentenced to be discharged from the Naval service with a bad-conduct discharge, to forfeit $50.00 per month for six months and to be confined at hard labor for a like period. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence but suspended the execution of the bad-conduct discharge until expiration of confinement or the completion of appellate review, whichever occurred later. The officer exercising…