United States v. Long

Opinion of the Court

GeoR.ge W. Latimer, Judge:

I

The accused was arraigned before a special courtrinartial on a charge of violating Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 686. Following his plea of guilty to the one specification, the court-martial imposed a sentence of bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of $60.00 a month for two months, and confinement at hard labor for three months. The findings and sentence reach us unchanged after intermediate appellate action. Review in this Court was originally granted to consider whether the appointment of an enlisted man as defense…