United States v. Aldridge

OPINION OF THE COURT

WERNER, Judge:

Appellant was convicted of two specifications of sale of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), two specifications of transfer of LSD, and one specification each of possession of LSD and introduction of LSD with the intent to sell it, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 892 (1976). His approved sentence provides for a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for forty-two months, total forfeitures, and reduction to the grade of Private E-l.

Appellant contends that he was improperly tried in absentia, that the military…