United States v. West

Opinion of the Court

Paul W. Brosman, Judge:

The accused in this case was tried by general court-martial on October 16, 1951, at Fort Hood, Texas, for desertion with intent to remain absent permanently, in violation of Article of War 58, 10 USC § 1530. He was found guilty as charged. The findings, and sentence were approved by the convening authority, and affirmed without opinion by a board of review in the office of The Judge Advocate General, United States Army. On May 19, 1952, we granted the accused’s petition for review. Two assignments of error have been made: (1) That the evidence is…