United States v. Richardson

Opinion of the Court

EVERETT, Chief Judge:

On March 13,1980, appellant was tried at Schweinfurt, Federal Republic of Germany, *42by a military judge sitting as a special court-martial. Contrary to his pleas, Richardson was found guilty of having wrongfully possessed and sold 2.39 grams of marihuana L» the hashish form on October 30, 1979, in violation of Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. His sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 5 months, and reduction to the grade of Private E-l, was approved by the convening authority. The United…