United States v. Hall

OPINION OF THE COURT

FELDER, Judge:

The appellant was convicted of absence without authority from 3 May 1971 to 15 February 1974 and nineteen specifications of uttering worthless checks in violation of Articles 86 and 123a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886 and 923a. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for four years and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence but suspended for twelve months all confinement in excess of six months.

The trial judge admitted into…