United States v. Fanning

In accordance with the appellant’s pleas, a military judge found the appellant guilty of two specifications of being absent without leave, one specification of making a false official statement, and one specification of wrongfully using cocaine, in violation of Articles 86, 107, and 112a, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 907, 912a. A panel of officer members sitting as a special court-martial sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, 90 days of confinement, forfeiture of $600 pay per month for four months, and reduction to the grade of E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

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