United States v. Hood

Memorandum Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

This accused pleaded guilty to the offense of assaulting a fellow-soldier by cutting him on the shoulder with a knife, in violation of Article 128(b) (1), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928. He was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for eighteen months. The convening authority approved only. so much of the sentence adjudged as included dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for one year, and the board of review affirmed. The accused…