United States v. Pope

Opinion of the Court

The accused was tried by special court-martial and convicted of absence without leave in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 680. Evidence of two previous convictions was received and he was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for three months, and forfeiture of $60.00 per month for three months. The board of review in the office of The Judge Advocate General of the Navy affirmed the conviction and sentence and we granted accused’s petition to determine the sufficiency of the proof of two previous convictions.

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