United States v. Saxton

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

A general court-martial convicted the accused of a number of offenses, in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement at hard labor for twelve years. On review, intermediate appellate authorities modified some of the findings of guilty and mitigated the sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for three years.

On this appeal, the accused contends that several of the separately alleged acts of misconduct…