Case: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. JAMES V. PROCTOR, JR., Basic Airman, U. S. Air Force, Appellant
Abbreviation: United States v. Proctor
Decision Date: 1958-01-31
Docket Number: No. 10,629
Citation: 8 C.M.A. 658
Volume: 8
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 JAMES V. PROCTOR, JR., Basic Airman, U. S. Air Force, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn concurs.
Pages: 658–659

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v JAMES V. PROCTOR, JR., Basic Airman, U. S. Air Force, Appellant
8 USCMA 658, 25 CMR 162
No. 10,629
Decided January 31, 1958
Lieutenant Colonel Ellis L. Gottlieb and Major George M. Wilson were on the brief for Appellant, Accused.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Michels and Major Carl Goldschlager were on the brief for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
Homer Ferguson, Judge:
The issue presented concerns the correctness of an instruction which is similar to that recently condemned in the cases of United States v Cothern, 8 USCMA 158, 23 CMR 382, and United States v Soccio, 8 USCMA 477, 24 CMR 287. For the reasons set forth in those opinions the accused's conviction of desertion in the instant case must be set aside.
The decision of the board of review is reversed. The record of trial is returned to The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force for reference to a board of review. The board, in its discretion, may approve the lesser offense of absence without leave and reassess the entire sentence or it may order a rehearing on the desertion charge.
Chief Judge Quinn concurs.