United States v. Sears

Opinion of the Court

A special court-martial with members convicted appellant, in accordance with his pleas, of two specifications of forgery and two specifications of uttering forged checks; two specifications of larceny; and one specification of wrongfully removing a letter from the United States mail, in violation of Articles 123, 121, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 923, 921, and 934, respectively. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 6 months, a fine of $1600.00, and reduction to pay grade E-l. The convening authority suspended confinement…