United States v. Purdy

DECISION

CANELLOS, Judge:

In a special court-martial consisting of a military judge with members, the accused was found guilty, contrary to his pleas, of larceny. The approved sentence extends to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 60 days, forfeiture of $367.00 per month for two months, and reduction to airman basic.

On appeal, the accused contends, among other things, that the delay between the date of trial and the supervisory authority’s action was excessive and resulted in prejudice. We find that the delay did not result in prejudice to the accused; however, we do note…