United States v. Carter

*110Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:

The Judge Advocate General of the Navy, pursuant to Article 67 (b) (2), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 654, certified this case to us to review the legality of the sentence imposed upon the accused by a special court-martial.

The facts bringing about this controversy are these: The accused pleaded guilty to a charge alleging absence without leave from his organization for a period of five days. After an appropriate finding of guilty had been voted, the president announced that the court would hear the personal data concerning the accused…