United States v. Walls

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARNE, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas the appellant was convicted of one specification of aggravated assault by stabbing the victim in the back with a knife and thereby intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm to wit: a punctured lung, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 928. A court with members sentenced him to the maximum punishment authorized, i. e., dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confinement at hard labor for five years. The convening authority approved the sentence.

Prior to the charges…