United States v. Jenkins

We granted appellant’s petition to determine whether he suffered substantial prejudice from the delay incurred in processing his case through the military justice' system.

On November 21, 1985, appellant appeared before a military judge sitting as a special court-martial at Naval Station, San Diego, California. Following acceptance of his negotiated plea, appellant was convicted of multiple drug violations1 and sentenced, inter alia, to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement for 80 days. The military judge authenticated the record on December 9, 1985, and defense counsel received it 2 days…