United States v. Mackie

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

Before a special court-martial convened at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, accused pleaded not guilty but was convicted of breach of restraint while under correctional custody, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for three months. Intervening authorities approved the finding and sentence. A board of review in the office of The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force affirmed the findings but approved only so much of the sentence as imposed…