United States v. Lampani

Opinion of the Court

EVERETT, Chief Judge:

A general court-martial composed of officers tried appellant at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, on four charges arising from the larceny of a motorcycle. Two original charges — one for conspiracy to steal the motorcycle and the other for the theft, see Articles 81 and 121 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 881 and 921, respectively — were based on the premise that he conspired with Airman First Class Hofmeister to steal the 1979 Yamaha of another airman and then had stolen it him*23self. The two additional charges alleged that…