United States v. Groves

OPINION OF THE COURT

MARDEN, Senior Judge:

Appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of larceny and making a false claim in violation of Articles 121 and 132, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 921 and 932 (1982). Both charges stem from appellant’s filing of a dependents’ travel and dislocation allowance claim form (DD Form 1351-4) for travel by one Nanely Groves and her daughters from El Paso, Texas, to Fort Hood, Texas, during July 1980. The Government proceeded on the theory that Nanely Groves was not the wife of the appellant, and hence the claim was false and fraudulent.…