United States v. Arab

OPINION OF THE COURT

VOWELL, Judge:

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted the appellant, contrary to his pleas, of six specifications of assault consummated by a battery, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 928 [hereinafter UCMJ].1 He sentenced the appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for twenty-four months, *510forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to Private El, and directed that the appellant receive thirty-four days credit against his sentence to confinement for time served in civilian pretrial confinement…