United States v. Saunders

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was convicted of assault with a means likely to produce grievous bodily harm, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928. Intermediate appellate authorities having affirmed, we accepted the accused’s petition for review to consider whether the findings prepared for the court-martial by the law officer in closed session were the same in law as the findings first reached by the court.

While the court members were deliberating in closed session, the law officer and reporter were called in to help place the…