United States v. Phillips

Opinion of the Court

RoRERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

A special court-martial convicted the accused of the larceny of a $24 wrist watch, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921, and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, partial forfeiture of pay, and confinement at hard labor for *152six months. The convening authority-approved the sentence, but in view of the accused’s “immaturity” suspended the execution of the discharge with provision for automatic remission. With further modification of the sentence, the supervisory authority approved the conviction and it…