United States v. Cline

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from a decision of an Army board of review. The appellant, Private Robert D. Cline, United States Army, was tried by a general court-martial on October 19, 1951, at Yanggu, North Korea, for the offense of desertion with intent to avoid hazardous duty, in violation of Article 85, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 679 (Charge I and the specification thereunder), and for the offense of cowardly conduct before the enemy, in that he refused to join the forward *412elements of his company after being so ordered by his superior…