United States v. Thomas

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES, Judge:

This case helps illustrate our views on conferences under R.C.M. 802. Appellant assigns only one error, that a conference in the middle of the inquiry into the providence of his pleas of guilty went unrecorded. Relying on United States v. Garcia, 24 M.J. 518 (A.F.C.M.R.1987), he argues that the affected findings must be set aside. We disagree, and we affirm.

Senior Airman Thomas pleaded guilty to and was convicted of 15 bad check specifications and a failure to pay a debt.1 The bad check offenses were charged under Article 134, 10 U.S.C. § 934 as dishonorable…