United States v. Neal

ABERNATHY, Judge:

Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, appellant pleaded guilty to, and was found guilty of, three specifications alleging the wrongful sale of marijuana (twice) and cocaine (once) at Camp Pendleton, California, on 1, 5 and 6 February 1980. The court-martial members sitting as a general court-martial returned a sentence of bad-conduct discharge and reduction to pay grade E-l. On 31 October 1980, the convening authority took the following action:

[T]he bad conduct discharge is mitigated to confinement at hard labor for one year and forfeiture of $50.00 per month for eight months.

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