Court of Appeals for the First Circuit January 12, 1971, 7701 (Denzil R. Allen v. Rolland F. Vancantfort, Etc.)

McENTEE, Circuit Judge.

On June 5, 1968, petitioner, then a lance corporal in the United States Marine Corps, was charged before a general court-martial convened at Da Nang, South Vietnam, with five specifications of premeditated murder in violation of Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 918 (1964).