United States v. Hardeman

Judge BAKER

delivered the opinion of the Court:

Pursuant to his pleas, Appellant was convicted by a special court-martial, military judge alone, of one specification of unauthorized absence and one specification of failure to go in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice [hereinafter UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. § 886 (2000). The adjudged sentence provided for a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for four months, and reduction to pay grade E-l. In accordance with a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved confinement for two months, but otherwise approved the sentence as…