United States v. Kronawetter

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

In a bench trial the accused was convicted of wrongfully using cocaine, wrongfully possessing marijuana and conspiring to wrongfully possess marijuana and cocaine.1 Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, the approved sentence extends to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for three years, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to airman basic.

The accused’s pretrial confinement is the basis for two assignments of error. On 20 September 1982, a pretrial confinement hearing was conducted by a military magistrate who determined that continued…