United States v. Young

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

Awakened from a drunken sleep on the front seat of his car, which was parked on post at Fort Benning, Georgia, the accused was precipitated into a situation which left him facing charges of disrespect toward a superior officer, lifting up a weapon *325against the same officer, and willful disobedience of a command by the officer to report to his place of duty.1 A general court-martial convicted him as charged, together with an unauthorized absence to which he pleaded guilty, and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for five…