United States v. Buchhorn

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

On his plea of guilty a general court-martial convicted the accused of three specifications of larceny, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921, and imposed a sentence which included a dishonorable discharge. The accused now contends the plea of guilty was improvident.

Each of the three specifications alleges the theft of a United States Government check drawn to a named payee. In each instance the value alleged was the face value of the check. The evidence shows the checks were stolen from letters taken from the mail…