United States v. London

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

Tried by a general court-martial in Germany for housebreaking and for the larceny of 162 pounds of Government coffee, in violation respectively of Articles 130 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC §§ 724 and 715, the accused was found guilty of the latter offense. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for one year. The conviction was affirmed by intermediate appellate tribunals. We granted review to consider the following issue:

“Whether the reconsideration of the findings of…