United States v. Anderson

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

This case is before us on certification from The Judge Advocate General, United States Navy, requesting that we determine whether the special court-martial which tried the accused considered improperly four previous con-' victions in adjudging the sentence.

The accused was tried by special court-martial at the United States Naval Receiving Station at San Diego, California, on February 1, 1952, for two offenses in violation of Articles 95 and 86 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC §§ 689 and 680, namely breaking arrest and absence without…