United States v. Smith

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

Accused was tried and convicted by a general court-martial of wrongful cohabitation, presenting a false claim and two specifications of signing false official statements, in violation of Articles 134, 132 and 107, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 934, 932 and 907, respectively. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, six months’ .confinement at. hard labor and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority and the board of review approved the findings and sentence, but the convening authority suspended the…