United States v. Woods

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused were convicted by general court-martial in Korea of rape and both were sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeiture of pay, and confinement for fifteen years.' The findings and sentence have been upheld on review. We granted the accused’s petition for review, limited to the issue concerning- the legality of a conference between the law officer and the court.

The record reflects that after the court closed to deliberate on . the sentence, the law officer was called into closed session without the presence of the accused and…