United States v. Lawrence

Opinion of the Court

HOMER FERGUSON, Judge:

An Air Force special court-martial convened at Athens, Greece, found the accused guilty of several offenses under the Code. Included among these offenses was a chai'ge of assaulting a Greek police officer while in the execution of civil law enforcement duties, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. The president of the court-martial, in instructing on the elements of this offense, failed to charge the court that it must find that under the circumstances the conduct of the accused was to the prejudice of good order…