United States v. Hamilton

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

The accused was convicted, in accordance with his pleas, of three specifications of absence without leave and one specification of breach of restriction, in violation of Articles 86 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886 and 934, respectively. His sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for five months, forfeiture of $80.00 per month for a like period, and reduction to the pay grade of E-l, has remained unchanged to this level.

One of the issues presented by this appeal was decided adversely to the accused in United…