United States v. Lee

Opinion of the Court

Paul W. Brosman, Judge:

I

The accused, a fireman apprentice aboard the U.S.S. Sarsfield, was charged with the theft of a sum of money from a shipmate in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 715. Upon trial by special court-martial the accused entered a plea of not guilty but was found guilty. He was sentenced to receive a bad-conduct discharge, to forfeit fifty-five dollars per month for three months, and to be confined at hard labor for three months. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence but suspended the execution of the…