United States v. Gross

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused stands convicted of willful disobedience of a lawful order by a superior officer and misbehavior before the enemy, in violation of Articles 90 and 99, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 890 and 899, respectively. As affirmed by the board of review, his sentence extends to a punitive discharge and confinement at hard labor for two years. We granted further review to consider the accused’s attack upon the validity of the approved findings of guilty of the misbehavior charge.

Charge I and its specification alleged that, before the enemy,…