United States v. Lamb

WELCH, Judge:

The appellant was tried by a special court-martial, consisting of a military judge alone, on 31 March 1995. Consistent with his pleas he was convicted of three specifications of unauthorized absence and a single specification of missing movement by design, in violation of Uniform Code of Military Justice [UCMJ], Articles 86 and 87,10 U.S.C. §§ 886 and 887, respectively. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of confinement for 120 days, forfeiture of $550.00 pay per month for 4 months, and a bad-conduct discharge.

The appellant raises two assignments of error.1 In…