United States v. Hardy

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The issue before us is whether the accused was prevented from showing that he did not receive a fair post-trial review.

After an eight-day trial, a general court-martial convicted the accused of a number of offenses, including larceny of over $16,000.00, committed while serving as commissary steward at Fort *522Jay, New York. It sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures and confinement at hard labor for five years. The convening authority approved the findings of guilty and the sentence. When the case came up for review before the…