United States v. Moore

Opinion of the Court

WISS, Judge:

In a contested trial, a special court-martial composed of members convicted appellant of wrongful use of marijuana, see Art. 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 912a, and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 6 months, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority approved these results, and the Court of Military Review affirmed by a divided vote, in an unpublished opinion dated August 8, 1991.

On appellant’s petition, this Court agreed to consider whether, under rather unusual factual circumstances, the…