United States v. Dixon

Opinion of the Court

Charged with one specification alleging unpremeditated murder,1 the accused was found guilty of the lesser included offense of involuntary manslaughter, resulting from culpable negligence, and sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for two years. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence of the court-martial. The Court of Military Review, while affirming “the findings and sentence approved on review below,” incorrectly noted, in the opening paragraph of its opinion, that the accused had been convicted of…