United States v. Blanchard

GRANT, Judge:

The appellant was originally tried at a general court-martial by members for an offense involving the intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm upon his wife by striking her with a hammer, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 928. He was convicted of the lesser included offense of assault with a means likely to produce grievous bodily harm, contrary to his plea, and sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for one year, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to pay grade E-l. The finding of guilty and sentence were…