United States v. Palos

Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Chief Judge:

At his request, the accused was tried by a military judge sitting as a special court-martial without court members. He pleaded guilty to the charge and its specifications consisting of four unauthorized absences, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886, and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for two months, and accessory penalties. Two errors are alleged.

First, the accused contends that his plea of guilty should not have been accepted because the judge did not formally find, and note for…