United States v. Dotson

OPINION

MORGAN, Chief Judge:

Seaman Apprentice Dotson was tried by special court-martial on 24 April 1978. He elected trial by military judge alone and pleaded guilty to four offenses of unauthorized absence for periods of 18 days, 1 day, 21 days and 5 days, respectively, in violation *865of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886 and one offense of missing movement of his ship through design in violation of Article 87, U.C.M.J., 10 U.S.C. § 887. The military judge found the accused guilty pursuant to his guilty pleas and sentenced him to be confined at hard labor for six…