United States v. Dixson

DONOVAN, Judge:

Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone, on 12 February 1976. Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of six drug related offenses involving possession, sale and transfer of marijuana, all in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 892. Appellant was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for four months, forfeiture of $100.00 pay per month for six months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and discharge from the service with a bad-conduct discharge. The military judge recommended that the punitive discharge and all…