United States v. Turner

Opinion of the Court

FERGUSON, Judge:

Tried by special court-martial, the accused stands before us convicted of a .seven-hour absence without leave, in violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 86, 10 USC § 886, and failure to obey a lawful order to return to his barracks, in violation of Code, supra, Article 92, 10 USC § 892. The board of review, considering the entire record and, inter alia, that one of the accused’s previous convictions was not properly established by the evidence, disapproved an adjudged bad-conduct discharge and affirmed only so much of the sentence as…