United States v. Wallace

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused was convicted by a general court-martial for violation of Article 90 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 684, involving willful disobedience of a lawful order of a superior officer, and cowardly conduct, in violation of Article 99 of the Code, supra, 50 USC § 693. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures and twenty years’ confinement. Reviewing authorities approved, except a board of review in the office of The Judge Advocate General of the Army, reduced the confinement to fifteen years. We granted…