United States v. Montanino

*566OPINION OP THE COURT

GRAVELLE, Judge:

Pursuant to mixed pleas, the appellant was found guilty by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of unauthorized absence, wrongful appropriation, and two specifications of larceny, in violation of Articles 86 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886 and 921 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for eleven months, and reduction to Private El.

The appellant asserts two errors on appeal. First, he asserts that he was denied his right to a speedy…