United States v. Knowles

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

On his plea of guilty before a general court-martial in Hawaii, the accused wás convicted of two specifications alleging the taking of indecent liberties with a minor by communicating obscene language over the telephone, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. A board of review modified the findings of guilty on the ground the specifications alleged no more than communicating obscene language, in violation of Article 134 of the Uniform Code, supra, and reduced the sentence to limits appropriate to the modified…