United States v. Simpson

OPINION OF THE COURT

MERCK, Senior Judge:

A special court-martial composed of officer members convicted appellant, contrary to his plea, of conspiracy to commit larceny, in violation of Article 81, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 881 [hereinafter UCMJ]. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for three months, forfeiture of $620 pay per month for three months, and reduction to Private El.

After this case was presented to this court for review on its merits pursuant to Article 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866, we specified the…