United States v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

WOLD, Senior Judge.

Appellant was charged with premeditated murder. A general court-martial composed of officer members found him guilty of involuntary manslaughter in violation of Article 119, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 919 (1976). The convening authority approved the sentence to confinement at hard labor for seven years, forfeiture of $450.00 pay per month for seven years, and a bad-conduct discharge.

Appellant contends that he should have been provided a verbatim transcript of the Article 32, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 832, hearing and that certain…