United States v. Noel

Opinion of the Court

GeoRge W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused was found guilty of the offenses of larceny and forgery, in violation of Articles 121 and 123, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 921 and 923, respectively. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, confinement at hard labor for one year, and reduction to the grade of airman recruit. The convening authority approved, but the board of review reversed accused’s conviction for forgery on the ground that the specification did not allege that offense and reduced the finding of larceny to…