United States v. Stinde

CASSEL, Judge:

Appellant was tried by a judge-alone special court-martial on 28 January and 21 February 1985 and, contrary to his pleas, was found guilty of the larceny of $180.00 belonging to a fellow Marine, a violation of Article 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 921. He was sentenced to be confined at hard labor for 90 days, to forfeit $300.00 pay per month for 3 months, to be reduced to pay grade E-l, and to be discharged from the service with a bad conduct discharge.

The primary evidence used to establish appellant’s guilt was a signed confession made to Criminal…