United States v. Miller

Opinion of the Court

Appellant was convicted by a special court-martial, consisting of a military judge *78alone, of assaulting a superior noncommissioned officer who was in the execution of his office, in violation of Article 91, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 891. We granted review to determine whether the appellant was accorded a speedy trial.

At trial the parties entered into a stipulation of fact as to the processing of the appellant’s case. This stipulation reflects the appellant was confined on September 23 and tried on December 24, 1974. Because his pretrial confinement…