United States v. Hayes

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARMICHAEL, Judge:

Before a general court-martial composed of enlisted and officer members, appellant was convicted of numerous assaults and other offenses resulting from his drunken conduct at an Air Force noncommissioned officers' club. His sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, twenty-four months’ confinement, partial forfeitures and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade was approved by the convening authority.

Although appellant’s case was referred for trial by general court-martial, our initial review of the trial record revealed that it did not contain a pretrial…