United States v. Geter

Opinion of the Court

Tried by special court-martial, accused stands convicted of absence without leave for less than one day, wrongful possession of a false leave authorization, and breach of restriction, violative of Articles 86 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886 and 934. After receiving evidence of two prior convictions by summary court-martial, the court sentenced accused to bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for two months, and reduction in grade. Such sentence having been approved at intermediate levels of review, accused petitioned this Court under the…