United States v. Webb

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

Accused stands convicted by general court-martial for the barracks larceny of $40.00, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921. He was sentenced to bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, confinement at hard labor for six months, and reduction to the grade of Recruit E-l. The convening authority approved, but a board of review in the office of The Judge Advocate General of the Army held that certain evidence introduced by the prosecution against accused was inadmissible. And because it considered that evidence…