United States v. Shelly

Opinion

EVERETT, Chief Judge.

A special court-martial composed of officers at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, convicted appellant of various offenses and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor and partial forfeitures for 6 months, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The specification with which this Court is now concerned *326alleged that, on February 12, 1981, Shelly wrongfully appropriated a quarter-ton truck which was the property of the United States. The issue is whether the evidence supported the Government’s theory that Shelly was criminally liable as an…