United States v. Lewis

*439Opinion of the Court

The accused was found guilty by general court-martial convened at Tokyo, Honshu, Japan, of conspiracy to violate a lawful general regulation governing the purchase of post exchange items and of violating the same regulation, in contravention of Articles 81 and 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 881 and 892, respectively. The regulation in question was AFFE Circular 141, which deals with Army and Air Force exchange activities. In the case of United States v Curtin, 9 USCMA 427, 26 CMR 207, we held that paragraph 9f of the Circular was intended to prescribe…