United States v. Geary

Pursuant to his pleas, a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial convicted appellant of violations of Articles 81, 121, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 881, 921, and 934, respectively. The military judge sentenced appellant to forfeitures of $250.00 pay per month for 3 months, confinement for 3 months, reduction to E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. In accordance with the pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence but suspended the bad-conduct discharge and confinement in excess of 2 months for 12 months.

The sole…