Legal Opinion

United States v. Holt

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided July 28, 1961No. 14,986PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The board of review set aside as improvident the accused’s plea of guilty to three specifications alleging the mailing of obscene and lewd letters to a thirteen-year-old girl with whom he was purportedly in love. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 67 (b) (2) of *472the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 867, The Judge Advocate General of the Army asked this Court to review the correctness of the board of review’s decision.

Substantial evidence was admitted during the sentence procedure. Reduced to its essentials, it appears that accused…

2Cases cited10 opinions

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. United States v. NegronNavy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals · 2003

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