United States v. Hannon

On 1 November 1983, appellant was found guilty at a special court-martial, military judge sitting alone, of five periods of unauthorized absence in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice *727(UCMJ) 10 U.S.C. § 886. He was sentenced to be confined at hard labor for 5 months, to forfeit $380.00 pay per month for 6 months, and to be discharged from the naval service with a bad conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence, but suspended one month of the confinement at hard labor. The supervisory authority approved the sentence without modification.

Appellant has…