United States v. Loman

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARMICHAEL, Judge:

At trial, appellant was granted administrative credit for restriction ruled to be tantamount to confinement. However, the military judge refused to grant appellant additional credit for violations of Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1984, Rule for Courts-Martial 305 [hereinafter R.C.M.]. With regard to the latter, the judge reasoned that the restriction tantamount to confinement was neither “formal confinement” nor “imposed illegally.” In light of this court’s decision in United States v. Gregory, 21 M.J. 952 (A.C.M.R.), affirmed, 23 M.J. 246…