United States v. Bryant

*37Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Judge:

Among other offenses, the accused was charged with the premeditated murder of Sergeant Fox. He was convicted of unpremeditated murder. On this appeal, he contends that the finding of guilty is invalid because the military judge earlier in the trial had accepted a plea of guilty to the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter and had entered a finding of guilty thereon.

At a session held under the provisions of Article 39 (a), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 839, the accused pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. During the judge’s…