United States v. Abbott

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

Appellant was arraigned before a special court-martial convened at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, charged with three specifications of absence without leave and one specification of failure to obey a lawful order, in violation of Articles 86 and 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886 and 892, respectively. He pleaded guilty as charged and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for six months, and forfeiture of $85.00 per month for a like period. The supervisory authority approved the findings and sentence but suspended…