United States v. King

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused entered a plea of guilty to absence without leave for a period of twenty-eight days. The Government introduced evidence showing two prior convictions, and the special court-martial returned a sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for four months, and partial forfeitures for a like period. Intermediate appellate authorities affirmed the findings and sentence, and thereafter we granted accused’s petition for review. The questions with which we are concerned involve the expression of an opinion by a court member…