Powers v. Hunter, Warden

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Johnie H. Powers, while serving as a sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, was convicted on March 22, 1945, by naval general court martial convened at the United States Naval Train ing and Distribution Center, San Francisco, California, by order of the Commandant, Twelfth Naval District and Commander, Naval Operating Base, San Francisco, California, of the offenses of (1) rape (two specifications, committed on or about September 19, 1944 and December 17, 1944), and (2) conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline (two specifications, one being…