Parker v. Hiatt

E. MARVIN UNDERWOOD, District Judge.

*28On July 10, 1944, petitioner was brought to trial before a General Court-Martial appointed June 26, 1944 and convened at Camp Croft, South Carolina, on July 10, 1944, upon charges of violation of certain Articles of War. The trial lasted several days and petitioner' was sentenced after conviction, on July 18, 1944, to a term of twenty-five years imprisonment, which was subsequently reduced to fifteen years.

The sole ground for writ of habeas corpus alleged by petitioner is that the Court-Martial was without jurisdiction because not legally constituted in…