United States v. Groom

Opinion of the Court

HomeR Fekguson, Judge:

Tried by special court-martial, the accused was found guilty of three specifications of making and uttering cheeks and thereafter wrongfully and dishonorably failing to maintain sufficient funds in the proper bank for their payment. He was sentenced to bad-conduct discharge and reduction to the grade of basic airman. The convening authority approved the sentence. The supervisory authority took similar action but suspended the bad-conduct discharge with provision for automatic remission. The board of review affirmed, and we granted accused’s petition…