United States v. Reiner

Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused was convicted of seven offenses, five of which were charged as violations of a lawful general regulation and two of which were alleged under a charge of conspiring to commit the substantive offenses, in violation of Articles 92 and 81, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 892, 881, respectively. On these findings, he was subject to a maximum punishment of dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for twelve years, but due to a failure to appreciate a duplication of punishment on two aspects of one…