United States v. Melton

DECISION

ROBERTS, Senior Judge:

Tried by a military judge sitting alone as a general court-martial, the accused stands convicted, contrary to his pleas of not *529guilty, of two specifications of selling heroin in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The approved sentence is a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, confinement at hard labor for 18 months, and reduction to airman basic.

The issue assigned for our consideration by appellate defense counsel is whether the military judge should have recused himself, or in the alternative,…