United States v. Madison

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

A bullet from a revolver held by the accused pierced his wife’s heart and ended her life and a seventeen-year-marriage. The accused was charged with premeditated murder, but convicted of homicide by culpable negligence, in violation of Article 119(b) (1), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 919. The court-martial sentenced him to dismissal, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for two years. On initial review, the findings of guilty and the sentence were approved, except that the confinement gprt of the sentence was…