Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. CHESTER SANDERS, Airman Third Class, U. S. Air Force, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Sanders
Decision Date: 1962-09-21
Docket Number: No. 16,163
Citation: 13 C.M.A. 322
Volume: 13
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Court: United States Court of Military Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v CHESTER SANDERS, Airman Third Class, U. S. Air Force, Appellant
Judges: 
Pages: 322–323

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v CHESTER SANDERS, Airman Third Class, U. S. Air Force, Appellant
13 USCMA 322, 32 CMR 322
No. 16,163
September 21, 1962
Colonel Joseph E. Krysakowski and Captain Hugh J. Dolan were on the brief for Appellant, Accused.
Lieutenant Colonel Simpson M. Woolf and Captain Richard T. Yery were on the brief for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:
The accused stands convicted of three specifications of larceny, in violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 121, 10 USC § 921. Although the thefts occurred at substantially the same time and place, the law officer informed the court-martial that they were separately punishable. This was prejudicial error. United States v Florence, 1 USCMA 620, 5 CMR 48; United States v Swigert, 8 USCMA 468, 24 CMR 278.
The decision of the board of review is reversed, and the record of trial is returned to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force for further reference to the board and appropriate reassessment of the sentence.