United States v. Moore

Opinion of the Court

Convicted of numerous offenses in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the accused stands before us sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge (suspended), confinement at hard labor for six months, forfeiture of $55.00 per month for six months, and reduction. At the trial, his mental responsibility was reasonably placed in issue by the evidence, and the law officer instructed the court members with respect thereto. Plowever, he included in his advice, as a governing test, that the accused could not be said to have been unable to adhere to the right if he “would not…