United States v. Marshall

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused entered the Marine Corps in November 1960. He was seventeen years of age. The record before us shows that as time went on his conduct deteriorated, and he compiled an unenviable record of administrative punishments and court-martial convictions. He now stands convicted of using disrespectful language toward a superior noncommissioned officer in the execution of his office, in violation of Article 91, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §891; and his sentence includes a bad-conduct discharge.

At trial, the accused was arraigned on two…