United States v. Lewis

OPINION OF THE COURT

COOK, Judge:

On 7 October 1977, the convening authority in this case received a pretrial advice1 from his staff judge advocate - which had attached to it a charge sheet2 containing a description of offenses as follows:

Charge I: Violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 121 Specification 1: In that Private El Levy Lewis, U.S. Army, Company A, 1st Battalion 68th Armor, Baumholder, Germany did, at Building # 8112, Room 104, H.D. Smith Barracks, Baumholder, Germany, on or about 7 August 1977, steal one (1) turntable, value of about $468.00, one (1) tape deck,…