United States v. Montiel

OPINION OF THE COURT

DeFORD, Judge:

The appellant was convicted, pursuant to his pleas, by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of two specifications of illegal possession of amphetamines and a specification of possession of marijuana, in violation of Articles 92 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) (10 U.S.C. §§ 892 and 934). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 15 months, total forfeiture of pay and allowances, and reduction to the grade of Private E-l. The convening authority approved a bad-conduct discharge, forfeiture of all…