United States v. Peters

Opinion of the Court

GeoRge W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused was tried by a special court-martial for the offense of driving while drunk, resulting in injuries to others, in violation of Article 111, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 911. He was found guilty as charged, and evidence of two previous convictions was placed before the court. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, and the convening authority approved the findings and sentence. The record was forwarded to the officer exercising general court-martial jurisdiction over the command and he approved the sentence, but, upon…