United States v. Teague

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was tried by a general court-martial on June 9 and 10, 1952, on two specifications of absence without leave under Charge I, and two specifications of breaking arrest under Charge II, violations of Articles 86 and 95, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC §§ 680 and 689, respectively. He was found guilty on all specifications and sentenced to a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of $55 a month and confinement for one year. The convening authority reduced the confinement and forfeitures to eleven months, but otherwise approved. A…