United States v. Lopes

Opinion of the Court

At the accused’s trial by special court-martial, he was found guilty of one specification each of willful disobedience of a lawful order of a superior noncommissioned officer and absence without leave (approximately nine hours), in violation of Articles 91 and 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§891 and 886, respectively. He was found not guilty of a single specification alleging disrespectful language toward the same superior noncommissioned officer, in *496violation of Article 91, Code, supra. In addition, a specification alleging willful disobedience of a lawful…