United States v. Sutton

Appellant was tried before a special court-martial, military judge alone, at U. S. Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy, on 29 December 1979. In accordance with his pleas, the appellant was convicted of two specifications of unauthorized absence between 15 May 1979 and 7 August 1979, and between 7 August 1979 and 27 September 1979, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886. *630Appellant was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for 75 days, forfeitures of $275.00 pay per month for three months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. On 6…