Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. ARNOLD LOWE, Private E-1, U. S. Army, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Lowe
Decision Date: 1958-06-27
Docket Number: No. 11,290
Citation: 9 C.M.A. 417
Volume: 9
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 ARNOLD LOWE, Private E-1, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn and Judge FER-guson concur.
Pages: 417–418

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v ARNOLD LOWE, Private E-1, U. S. Army, Appellant
9 USCMA 417, 26 CMR 197
No. 11,290
Decided June 27, 1958
First Lieutenant Thomas F. Shea argued the cause for Appellant, Accused. With him on the brief was Captain John F. Christensen.
First Lieutenant Jay D. Fischer argued the cause for Appellee, United States. With him on the brief were Lieutenant Colonel John G. Lee and Major Thomas J. Nichols.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
GEORGE W. LatimeR, Judge:
Before a court-martial convened at Orleans, France, the accused pleaded guilty and was convicted of six specifications of larceny, two counts of forgery, and the offense of fleeing the scene of an accident, in violation of Articles 121, 123, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 921, 923, and 934, respectively. He was sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for ten years. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence except that pursuant to a pretrial agreement he reduced the period of confinement to one and one-half years. The board of review affirmed, and we limited our grant of review to the question of whether it was error for the staff judge advocate to include references to juvenile convictions and incarcerations of the accused in the clemency section of his post-trial review.
In the recent case of United States v Barrow, 9 USCMA 343, 26 CMR 123, this court held that a reviewing authority may consider juvenile misdeeds and convictions in order to guide him in his action on the sentence. For the reasons expressed therein, the decision of the board of review is affirmed.
Chief Judge Quinn and Judge FER-guson concur.