United States v. Finlay

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULTON, Senior Judge:

The appellant, Second Lieutenant Robert E. Finlay, B.S., U.S.M.A.1976, was charged with unauthorized absences from *72829 July to 29 August 1977 and from 15 November 1977 until 17 March 1978, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (U.C.M.J.), 10 U.S.C. § 886 (1976). At his request, he was tried by a court comprised of a military judge without court members. He pleaded guilty in return for the convening authority’s promise to approve no sentence greater than a dismissal from the service, confinement for four months, total forfeitures for…