United States v. Vinson

OPINION OF THE COURT

ARROW, Judge:

A military judge1 sitting as a special court-martial convicted appellant pursuant to his pleas of seven specifications of making and uttering worthless checks by dishonorably failing to maintain sufficient funds, and two specifications of absence without leave, in violation of Articles 134 and 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 934 and 886 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The military judge sentenced appellant to “a bad-conduct discharge; two months in custody with 55 day’s credit for time served; in other words, an additional five days in…