United States v. Agee

DECISION

Consistent with his pleas, the accused was convicted of absence without leave from 8 October 1980 to 23 February 1981, in violation of Article 86, 10 U.S.C.A. § 886 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The approved sentence extends to a bad conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for four months, but the convening authority suspended the bad conduct discharge and two months of the confinement for a period of one year with provision for automatic remission.

Appellate defense counsel assert that the staff judge advocate erred in failing to properly advise the convening…