United States v. Mitchell

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused was charged with assaulting a superior noncommissioned officer who was in the execution of his office (Specification 1) and with willful disobedience of the officer’s order (Specification 2), in violation of Article 91, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 685. He pleaded guilty to the former and not guilty to the latter, but was convicted of both charges. Intermediate appellate authorities affirmed the conviction. We granted the accused’s petition for review to consider the sufficiency of the evidence to support the findings…