United States v. Steele

Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was charged with two specifications of forgery in violation of Article 123 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 50 USC § 717, and one specification of making a false claim in violation of article 132 of the same Code, 50 USC § 726. He pleaded guilty to all of the charges and specifications and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures and two years’ confinement. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence but suspended the bad-conduct discharge and confinement in excess of eleven months and 29 days…