Legal Opinion
Kenneth N. Juhl v. The United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided October 13, 1967No. 353-65PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NICHOLS, Judge *
This is an action by Sergeant Juhl, an enlisted career man in the Air Force, to recover back pay and forfeitures he has lost as a result of his conviction, after trial, by a General Court Martial. His counsel asserts on his behalf that the conviction was contrary to the constitution and invalid on several grounds. We hold that the court martial lacked jurisdiction to convict because it was prohibited from so doing by Section 153a, Manual For Courts-Martial, 1951, which declares that “a conviction cannot be based” upon the “uncorroborated testimony of a purported…
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