United States v. Jasper

OPINION OF THE COURT

BADAMI, Judge:

Appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of desertion and of two specifications of larceny in violation of Articles 85 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 885 and 921 (1976), respectively. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for eight years and six months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to Private E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence.

Appellant contends that an envelope and a letter contained therein were improperly admitted into evidence against him because they…