Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. DAVID SEDA, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Seda
Decision Date: 1973-06-08
Docket Number: No. 26,329
Citation: 22 C.M.A. 341
Volume: 22
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 DAVID SEDA, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: 
Pages: 341–341

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v DAVID SEDA, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
22 USCMA 341,
46 CMR 341
No. 26,329
June 8, 1973
Colonel Arnold I. Melnick, Captain John Howard Shows, and Captain Michael A. Mason were on. the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald M. Holdaway, Captain John P. Pinkerton, and Captain Richard L. Menson were on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion
Quinn, Judge:
A previous conviction by summary court-martial at which the accused was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for 30 days is allegedly invalid because the accused was unrepresented by counsel. See United States v Alderman, 22 USCMA 298, 46 CMR 298 (May 26, 1973). It appears that the confinement was suspended and apparently never revoked. Whether a sentence to confinement never actually served because of a satisfied period of probation is subject to constitutional attack as in Alderman need not be answered, for I am satisfied that the evidence of previous conviction did not lead the court-martial to impose a more severe sentence for the larceny and other offenses for which the accused was convicted at this trial. Accordingly, the decision of the Court of Military Review is affirmed.