United States v. Wilson

*252Opinion of the Court

Paul W. BROSMAn, Judge:

I

Appellants have been convicted of premeditated murder, in violation of Article of War 92, 10 USC § 1564, and sentenced to death. The convening authority approved, but recommended that the sentence as to each be commuted to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for life. A board of review in the office of The Judge Advocate General, United States Army, affirmed the findings and sentences with no recommendation of commutation. In view of the outstanding sentences to death, automatic review in this Court is provided…