United States v. Scheffer

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, appellant was convicted of making and uttering 17 checks, totaling over $3,300, without sufficient funds in his account, wrongfully using methamphetamine, failing to go to his appointed place of duty, and a 13-day unauthorized absence. Articles 123a, 112a, and 86, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 923a, 912a, 886 (1988). Court members sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 30 months, total forfeitures, and reduction to E-l. Appellant assigns three errors: (1) the military judge erred by refusing to admit into evidence the results of…