United States v. Nichols

Opinion of the Court

DaRden, Judge:

Pursuant to his plea of guilty, the accused was found guilty by a general court-martial at Fort Gordon, Georgia, of the robbery of Private Harvey A. Grayson and of absence without leave, in violation of Articles 122 and 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 922 and 886, respectively. His sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, confinement at hard labor for one year, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade remains unchanged. The single question before this Court is whether the court-martial lacked jurisdiction to try the accused on…