United States v. May

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E: Quinn, Chief Judge:

On review of the accused’s conviction by special court-martial for wrongful appropriation of a Government truck of the alleged value of $750.00, in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (Charge I), 50 USC § 715, the convening authority approved “only so much of the finding of guilty . . . as finds that the accused did at the time and place alleged wrongfully appropriate the property described, of the ownership alleged.” Thereafter, a board of review set aside the findings of guilty. It held that the convening authority’s…