United States v. DuBay

Opinion of the Court*

These cases involve the same basic issue, i.e., whether the Commanding General, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, violated the provisions of Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 37, 10 USC § 837, with respect to the findings and sentence, or sentence alone, as *149adjudged by the particular general courts-martial1 appointed by him to hear the causes. Both parties are agreed that, at the very least, a serious issue is raised coiicerning whether there was such command interference with these judicial bodies.

In the nature of things, command control is scarcely ever apparent on…