United States v. Hooper

Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

This case is before us for the second time. On the first appeal, we upheld the accused’s amenability to trial by court-martial as a retired officer of the United States Navy; and found no merit in any of his assignments of error, except one. The exception pertained to the sufficiency of the post-trial review by the staff legal officer to the Commandant, 11th Naval District. The Government conceded error and our examination of the review supported the concession. Accordingly, we set aside the decision of the board of review and returned the…