United States v. Wappler

Opinion of the Court

Paul W. BROSMAN, Judge:

On his plea of guilty, the accused, Wappler, was convicted by special court-martial convened at Camp Pendleton, California, of absence without leave and of missing a movement of his unit through neglect — violations, respectively, of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Articles 86 and 87, 50 USC §§ 680, 681. He was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for 60 days; to solitary confinement on bread and water, with a full ration every third day, for 30 days; to forfeiture of fifty dollars ($50.00) per month for three months; and to receive a…