United States v. Ray

SEFTON, Chief Judge:

Appellant was tried on 28 July 1997 by a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial. Pursuant to his pleas, he was convicted of two specifications of unauthorized absence, three specifications of failure to go to his appointed place of duty, wrongful use of marijuana, and wrongful use of methamphetamine, in violation of Articles 86 and 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886 and 912(a)(1994). He was sentenced to confinement for 23 days, forfeiture of $250 pay per month for one month, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The…