United States v. Gehring

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

Brought to trial before a general court-martial on sixteen specifications under three separate charges, the accused was convicted on seven. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for three years. The convening authority approved the findings of guilty and modified the sentence by reducing the term of confinement to two years. A board of review affirmed. The accused petitioned this Court for a grant of review alleging a number of errors. We granted review on the single issue of whether the…