United States v. Hilow

OPINION OF THE COURT ON RECONSIDERATION1

MYERS, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, appellant was convicted by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of two specifications of wrongful use of marijuana in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 912a (Supp. IV 1986) [hereinafter UCMJ]. His sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for four months, total forfeitures, and reduction to Private El' was approved by the convening authority.

Appellant alleges that he was denied his right to a fair and impartial sentence proceeding because the…