United States v. Private E1 BRYCE M. PHILLIPS

OPINION OF THE COURT ON RECONSIDERATION

LIND, Senior Judge:

A military judge sitting as a special court-martial convicted appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of two specifications of absence without leave, one specification of willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer, and one specification of wrongful use of cocaine, in violation of Articles 86, 90, and 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 890, and 912a [hereinafter UCMJ]. Appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement for nine months. The convening authority approved the sentence adjudged and…