United States v. Henderson

OPINION OF THE COURT

FERGUSON, Senior Judge:

On June 27, 1973, the appellant’s trial by general court-martial began upon charges of conspiring with Stephanie Wasson, Clarence Wallace, and Specialist Five Herbert J. Bell, to murder Private First Class Sidney Wasson, and of murdering with premeditation Private First Class Sidney Wasson at Koza City, Okinawa, by means of stabbing him with a knife, in violation of Articles 81 and 118, respectively, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 881 and 918. Upon conviction of both crimes, the appellant was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge,…