United States v. Boasmond

ANDERSON, Judge:

We have examined the record of trial, the four assignments of error,1 and the Government’s response. We conclude that the findings and sentence are correct in law and fact and that no error materially prejudicial to the substantial rights of the appellant was committed. See Art. 59(a) and 66(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859(a) and 866(c)(1994) [hereinafter UCMJ].

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial found the appellant guilty, pursuant to his pleas, of attempted desertion and assault in which grievous bodily harm was inflicted in violation…