United States v. Arnold

OPINION OF THE COURT

RAICHLE, Senior Judge:

Our original opinion in this case was unpublished (ACM S28755, 15 July 1994). That opinion is hereby withdrawn.

The appellant, Airman First Class William R. Arnold, Jr., was convicted by a special court-martial, pursuant to his pleas, of assault and battery on his 1-month-old son by forcefully shaking him, a violation of Article 128, UCMJ, 10 U.S. Code § 928 (1988). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 6 months, and reduction to E-l. In his appeal he alleges that his pleas of guilty were improvident and that his sen*745tence is…