United States v. Johnson

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

On his plea of guilty, a general court-martial, convened at Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam, convicted the accused of a number of specifications alleging various assaults upon fellow servicemen, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928. The conviction was approved by the convening authority and affirmed by a board of review. Thereupon, the accused petitioned for further review by this Court.

In his first assignment of error, the accused contends that the conditions of his pretrial confinement were illegal because he was…