United States v. Anderson

OPINION OF THE COURT

FELDER, Senior Judge:

Appellant pleaded guilty at a special court-martial to two specifications of attempted larceny of military property in violation of Article 80, Uniform Code of Military Justice [hereinafter UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. § 880 (1982). The military judge sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for three months, forfeiture of $447.00 pay per month for three months, and reduction to the grade of Private El. The convening authority approved the discharge and reduction but reduced the confinement and forfeiture periods to sixty days each.

On appeal,…