United States v. Stanaway

Opinion of the Court

Before a special court-martial, the accused pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, a number of violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, partial forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for four months. On review before the board of review, it was contended that the plea of guilty to one of the offenses was improvident because the facts disclosed in defense counsel’s statement in mitigation showed that when the accused cashed a check which did not belong to him he did not intend to deprive the payee permanently…