United States v. McKay

Opinion of the Court

GeoRGe W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was convicted of five thefts, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921, and sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for eighteen months, with a reduction in grade. The convening authority mitigated the sentence, approving only a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for one year, and the reduction. The board of review affirmed. This Court granted the accused’s petition for review to consider whether his pretrial…