United States v. Falcon

STONE, Judge:

A military judge, sitting as a special court-martial, convicted the appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of three specifications of making and uttering checks without sufficient funds, and two specifications of opening, secreting, and stealing certain mail matter, in violation of Articles 123a and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 923a and 934. The military judge sentenced the appellant to confinement for 11 months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

We have carefully reviewed the…