United States v. Sessions

Opinion of the Court

DARDEN, Judge:

Tried in Vietnam before a general court-martial convened by the Commanding General, 1st Cavalry Division, the appellee was convicted of premeditated murder (reduced to unpremeditated by the convening authority), assault with a dangerous weapon, and unlawful entry. A board of review subsequently reversed the findings and sentence, however, and ordered a rehearing so that the appellee’s sanity might be litigated. The Judge Advocate General of the Army then referred the case to the Commanding General, Fort Leavenworth, where Sessions had been transferred. This…