United States v. Reeves

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

This matter is before us on certificate from The Judge Advocate General of the Navy requesting a decision from this Court on the question whether the board of review was without authority, as-a matter of law, to grant relief to accused under his motion that the board reconsider a sentence previously affirmed by it.

Accused was tried by special court-martial on September 28, 1951, for unauthorized absence ■ from August 25, 1951, to September 7, 1951, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 680. He entered a plea of…