United States v. Barrow

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused pleaded guilty to absence without-authority from August 9, 1957, to September 14, 1957, and escape from confinement on October 7, 1957, in contravention of Articles 86 and 95 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886 and 895, respectively. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for eighteen months. The convening authority and the board of review affirmed both the findings and sentence. We granted accused’s petition for review to consider the propriety of the staff…