United States v. Merritt

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROAN, Senior Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, a military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted the appellant of one specification of receiving visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct and one specification of viewing depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 24 months, and reduction to E-2. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged. On appeal, the appellant asserts five errors: (1)…