United States v. Williams

OPINION OF THE COURT

FELDER, Judge:

This Court has held this case in abeyance pending disposition by the United States Court of Military Appeals of the issue of whether the maximum confinement for heroin offenses is ten years under Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 934, or two years under Article 92, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 892. That issue was decided in United States v. Courtney, 1 M.J. 438 (1976), and United States v. Jackson, 3 M.J. 101 (C.M.A.1977). The equal protection standard established in Courtney and made prospective by Jackson applies only to cases…