United States v. Zammit

Opinion of the Court

COOK, Judge:

Appellee was convicted by a special court-martial, military judge alone, pursuant to mixed pleas, of five specifications of unauthorized absence and sixteen specifications of failing to report to restricted men’s muster, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 45 days, forfeiture of $275 pay per month for 3 months, and reduction to E-l. The convening and supervisory authorities approved the sentence. The Court of Military Review approved the…