United States v. Hangsleben

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

In prior cases each of the two accused had been sentenced by a special court-martial to confinement for six months. One of the trials was held on May 11, 1956, and the second was heard on the following day. Pending review of their cases by the convening authority, they were retained in the battery area, but the record does not show whether, prior to May 15, 1956, .they were actually placed in confinement. On that date, the convening authority approved the findings and sentence and ordered the sentence executed, designating the United States Army…