United States v. Harris

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused was convicted of four specifications alleging that, with the intent to gratify his sexual desires, he took indecent liberties with two girls, one 111 years of age and the other seven years of age. A board of review affirmed the conviction but reduced the sentence by cutting the period of confinement adjudged from ten years to four years.

In his first assignment of error the accused contends that he was prejudiced by the failure of the convening authority to appoint qualified counsel to represent him at the Article 32 investigation.…