United States v. Rolfe

DECISION

STEWART, Judge.

Although charged with desertion terminated by apprehension, the appellant was convicted of absence without leave from 18 February 1986 until terminated by apprehension on 28 November 1986. He was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge, confinement for one year and one day, total forfeitures, and reduction to E-l.

The appellant invites our attention to his pretrial confinement and alleges that the majority of it was illegal.

The appellant’s unauthorized absence was from his unit at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. On 28 November 1986 he was working at a service station in…