United States v. McLemore

EN BANC

GLADIS, Judge:

The accused was convicted pursuant to his pleas at a special court-martial bench trial of an unauthorized absence of 4 months, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 USC § 886, and sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 2 months, and forfeiture of $100.00 per month for 2 months. Giving the accused administrative credit for pretrial restriction which had been ruled illegal by the trial judge, the convening authority reduced the confinement to 52 days, and otherwise approved the sentence. The officer exercising…