United States v. Harvey

*610Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused was tried. by general court-martial at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for the offense of desertion, in violation of Article 85, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 U. S. C. § 679. Upon his conviction thereof, he was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures and confinement at hard labor for three years. Intermediate appellate agencies having approved and affirmed the findings and sentence, we granted the accused’s petition for review to examine a defense contention that Prosecution Exhibit No. 1, an extract copy of a…