United States v. Ompad

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused pleaded guilty before a general court-martial to two specifications of assault with a knife upon Airman Third Class Donald W. Lytle, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928. Both offenses were alleged to have occurred the night before Christmas 1964. The court-martial returned findings of guilty, on the accused’s plea and two stipulations of expected tes*594timony. It sentenced the accused to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for one year, and accessory penalties. Intermediate authorities…