United States v. Province

Consistent with his pleas, the appellant was found guilty of two unauthorized absences in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice [hereinafter “the Code” or “UCMJ”], 10 U.S.C. § 886. The *823military judge, sitting alone, sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of $100.00 pay per month for 4 months, confinement for 90 days, and reduction to pay grade E-l. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence but suspended confinement in excess of 67 days. Before this Court, the appellant assigned three errors,1 and we also specified an additional issue2 which we…