Gallagher v. United States

Memorandum Opinion of the Court

A general court-martial sitting in Germany convicted petitioner of robbery and imposed a sentence of bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, confinement at hard labor for one year and reduction to the lowest grade. After intermediate appellate tribunals approved and affirmed the sentence, petitioner filed a petition for grant of review which this Court denied. United States v Gallagher, 15 USCMA 675 (1965). A timely petition for reconsideration was also denied. 15 USCMA 391, 35 CMR 363 (1965).

Prior to the completion of appellate review,…