United States v. Latta

OPINION OF THE COURT

HAESSIG, Judge:

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted the appellant, consistent with his pleas, of two specifications of absence without leave in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Jus*597tice 10 U.S.C. § 886 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The appellant’s approved sentence includes a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for six months, forfeiture of $500.00 pay per month for six months, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade.

The appellant asserts, inter alia, that he was subjected to unlawful pretrial punishment in violation of Article 13,…