United States v. Watts

OPINION OF THE COURT

BAKER, Judge:

Consistent with his pleas, the appellant was convicted by a military judge sitting as a special court-martial of being absent without leave (two specifications), missing movement through neglect, and being disrespectful to a superior commissioned officer in violation of Articles 86, 87, and 89 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 887, and 889 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ], He was sentenced to confinement for four months, reduction to Private El, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence.

The appellant deployed…