United States v. Goad

Opinion of the Court

DARDEN, Judge:

Following a guilty plea, the accused was convicted by a special court-martial at the U. S. Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, of absence without leave, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for three months, and forfeiture of $106.00 per month for three months. Both the finding and sentence have been approved at each intermediate level of appellate review.

We initially granted review of this case to consider:

Whether the president’s instruction…