United States v. Whyte

OPINION OF THE COURT

Among other specifications of wrongdoing, the accused was charged with violating "a lawful general regulation, to wit: paragraph 16, United States Army Europe Regulation 632-10 ... by wrongfully having in his possession two ration cards.” The regulation provides that personnel of the command "will not . . . [p]ossess or use more than one ration card made out in the name of the same person for a given ration period.” The accused contends the specification is deficient in that it alleges an act not within the terms of the regulation as there is no averment that the cards in…