United States v. Phillips

BYRNE, Chief Judge:

Seaman Recruit Phillips was convicted, pursuant to his pleas, by a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial of four specifications of unauthorized absence in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), Article 86, 10 U.S.C.A. § 886. In accordance with the terms of a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved only so much of the sentence as provided for 85 days of confinement, forfeiture of $300.00 pay per month for three months, and a bad-conduct discharge. Phillips now claims that the military judge erred in accepting his guilty pleas…