United States v. Genella

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge;

The accused was charged with a wartime desertion, but the convening authority ordered the case to be treated as noncapital. On arraignment, he entered a plea of guilty to desertion from January 3, 1944, until his apprehension April 4, 1958, in contravention of Arti*169cle of War 58. He was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for twenty-five years. Subsequently, the convening authority approved only so much of the sentence as provided for dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard…