Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. LEVELL LYON, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Lyon
Decision Date: 1970-08-21
Docket Number: No. 22,975
Citation: 20 C.M.A. 58
Volume: 20
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 LEVELL LYON, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn concurs.
Pages: 58–58

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v LEVELL LYON, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
20 USCMA 58, 42 CMR 250
No. 22,975
August 21, 1970
Colonel Daniel T. Ghent, Captain Howard L. Kaplus, and Captain Stewart Pettet Davis were on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
Colonel David T. Bryant, Major Edwin P. Wasinger, Captain William R. Steinmetz, and Captain Milburn M. O’Dowd, Jr., were on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
DARDEN, Judge:
In United States v Williams, 20 USCMA 47, 42 CMR 239 (1970), this Court determined that a court-martial sentence is not rendered illegal because of a military judge's failure to inquire of the appellant personally if he had anything to say in his own behalf before sentencing. That same question is again raised. Because the reasoning in Williams is equally applicable here we affirm the decision of the Court of Military Review.
Chief Judge Quinn concurs.