United States v. Simpson

Opinion of the Court

GeoRge W. LatimeR, Judge:

The accused were tried by general court-martial convened at Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa. Despite pleas of not guilty, they were convicted of a number of offenses which need not be detailed here, and each accused was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for five years. A board of review subsequently ordered a rehearing on the sentences and as a result thereof the term of confinement for each accused was reduced to two years, the discharges and forfeitures remaining unchanged. This sentence was in…