United States v. Ringer

BYRNE, Judge:

Seaman Apprentice Ringer was convicted of two specifications of unauthorized absence in violation of Article 86 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886 at a special court-martial. The military judge sentenced him to be confined at hard labor for three months, to forfeit $350 per month for three months, to be reduced to pay grade E-l, and to be discharged from the naval service with a bad-conduct discharge.

Seaman Apprentice Ringer pled not guilty to one of the two unauthorized absence specifications. As to this specification, a service record entry [Record…