United States v. Reed

We have examined the record of trial, the clemency petitions of the appellant and the trial defense counsel, the assignment of error, and the government’s reply thereto and have concluded that the findings and sentence are correct in law and fact and that no error materially prejudicial to the substantial rights of the appellant was committed.

Appellant was convicted by general court-martial, military judge alone, of violating Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886, through a single unauthorized absence extending for slightly less than six years. He was sentenced…