United States v. Bianchi

OPINION OF THE COURT

De GIULIO, Senior Judge:

Appellant was tried by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial. Pursuant to his pleas, he was found guilty of conspiracy, larceny, making a false sworn statement, and two specifications of violation of a lawful regulation. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for thirty months and reduction to Private E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence.

Appellant alleges that the trial court was without jurisdiction to try him once the convening authority referred the court-martial to a panel selected by another…