United States v. Marbury

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULTON, Senior Judge:

Pleading guilty to four drug offenses in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934, the appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 18 months, forfeiture of $270.00 monthly for the same period, and reduction to pay grade E-1. The convening authority approved the sentence, but suspended for 13 months the periods for confinement and forfeiture in excess of 13 months.

Specifically, the appellant was charged with transferring .09 of a gram of heroin on 1 March 1977, and also possessing…