United States v. Rodriguez-Garcia

Opinion of the Court

FERGUSON, Judge:

Tried by general court-martial, the accused was found guilty of absence without leave, in violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 86, 10 USC § 886, and sentenced to confinement at hard labor for one year, forfeiture of $70.00 per month for a like period, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority, acting pursuant to the recommendations of his staff judge advocate, “commuted” that portion of the sentence relating to confinement to a suspended bad-conduct discharge in order to comply with accused’s “intense desire to be…