United States v. Fryman

Opinion

Darden, Judge:

On his plea of guilty, the accused was convicted by a general court-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, of various offenses including one of dishonorably failing to pay a debt, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934 (Charge III, specification 3). His sentence now consists of a bad-conduct discharge- — reduced by the convening authority from a dishonorable discharge — total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for two years. The question before this Court is whether the court-martial had jurisdiction over the offense alleged…