United States v. Stricklin

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

A military judge, sitting as a special court-martial without court members, convicted the accused of three of the eight specifications involving wrongful transactions in marihuana on which he *610was brought to trial. The findings of guilty of specification 1, which concerns wrongful possession of marihuana on April 15, 1970, are unchallenged. However, the validity of those of the other offenses (specification 2, which alleges wrongful possession of ten ounces of marihuana aboard the U.S.S. WICHITA on April 14, 1970, and specification 5, alleging the sale of…