United States v. Powell

Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, Chief Judge:

Appellant, a Marine officer, was tried by a military judge sitting alone as a general court-martial at Camp Pendleton, California, in 1987. Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of 4 of 11 specifications of dereliction of duty, in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 892. He was sentenced to dismissal, and the convening authority approved this sentence. On December 22, 1989, the Court of Military Review affirmed the findings of guilty and the sentence in a short-form opinion.

This Court granted the following issue…