United States v. Price

Opinion of the Court

HomeR Ferguson, Judge:

The accused, Ship’s Serviceman Third Class David Alfred Price, was tried and convicted of violating, respectively, Articles 107, 108, and 121 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 907, 908, and 921. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, reduction to seaman recruit, and confinement at hard labor for three years. The convening authority approved the penalties, except the confinement, which he reduced to one year. The board of review reduced the period of confinement to eight months but otherwise approved.

A hearing…