United States v. Carte

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

The accused was found guilty by general court-martial of three specifications of indecent acts with different minor females, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. He was sentenced to bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of $40.00 per month for thirty months and confinement at hard labor for the same period. The convening authority reduced the term of confinement and applicable period of forfeitures to twenty-four months, but otherwise approved the findings and sentence. Thereafter a board of review affirmed, and we granted…