United States v. Lawrence

OPINION OF THE COURT

YOUNG, Senior Judge:

Court members convicted appellant of wrongfully using cocaine on divers occasions and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for a year, forfeiture of $600 pay per month for a year, and reduction to E-1. Article 112a, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 912a (1988). Appellant assigns two errors: (1) the military judge erred by failing to suppress appellant’s confession; and (2) the sentence is inappropriately severe. Finding no errors prejudicial to appellant’s rights, we affirm.

I. The Confession

A Facts

On 1 April 1993, agents of the Air Force Office of…