United States v. Williams

Opinion of the Court

Among other offenses, the accused pleaded guilty before a special court-martial at Camp Sukiran, Okinawa, to a charge of larceny of two suits. This finding was subsequently reduced to wrongful appropriation by a Navy board of review and it is the basis upon which the board acted that occupies our attention herein.

In his appeal before the board, appellate defense counsel submitted two unsworn letters, one by defense counsel and one by the accused, in support of his assignment that the accused’s plea of guilty to the charge of larceny was improvidently entered. He urged the…