United States v. Simpkins

GRANT, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, appellant was convicted of one specification of stealing a Pentax camera, valued at $250.00 (Charge I) and of two separate specifications of obstructing justice (Charge II), in violation of, respectively, Articles 121 and 134, Uni*925form Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) 10 U.S.C. §§ 921, 934. He was sentenced to confinement for five months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority disapproved confinement in excess of 114 days, but otherwise approved the remainder of the sentence as adjudged. We will consider the errors…