United States v. Kelley

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

At a prior trial, the accused was convicted by a special court of a number of offenses, including one of wrongfully communicating a threat to injure, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 728. He was sentenced to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge. The findings of guilty and the sentence were disapproved by the convening authority because of certain errors. A rehearing followed. The accused was again convicted, and again sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. This conviction was affirmed…