United States v. Scott

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was found guilty of two separate offenses of desertion, in violation of Article 85 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 679. As a result, he is presently sentenced to imprisonment for two years and six months, total forfeitures, and dishonorable discharge, not yet executed. In his petition for grant of review, he asserted four grounds for reversal of the findings and sentence. However, after a review of his assignments of error, we concluded that only the following two questions merited argument:(1) Did the law officer err…