United States v. Pope

*157Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

Appellant was arraigned before a special court-martial convened at the U. S. Naval Station, Treasure Island, California, charged with absence without leave, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886. He pleaded guilty as charged and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for six months. Intermediate appellate authorities approved the findings and sentence without modification and we granted the appellant’s petition to determine whether the court-martial had impeached its sentence.

Subsequent to…