United States v. Wheaton

GARVIN, Judge:

Appellant was tried by military judge alone at a special court-martial held at the Naval Legal Service Office, Norfolk, Vir*943ginia. He was found guilty, pursuant to his pleas, of a larceny in violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 921, and of an unauthorized absence of about 10 days in violation of Article 86, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 886. The sentence imposed was a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor and partial forfeitures for three months. In accordance with a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence but…