United States v. Francis

Opinion of the Court

EVERETT, Chief Judge:

On September 24, 1980, a military judge sitting as a special court-martial at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, commenced appellee’s trial on a charge of unauthorized ab*425sence from March 5, 1979, until July 16, 1980, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886. According to the summarized record of this trial, Francis entered a plea of guilty by exceptions and substitutions, whereby he substituted April 3,1979, as the termination date of his absence. Thus, his plea of guilty was to an unauthorized absence of 29 days, rather…