United States v. Private First Class DONALD E. SCHEUERMAN

OPINION OF THE COURT

SULLIVAN, Judge:

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of two specifications of absence without leave (AWOL) 1 in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice [hereinafter UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. § 886. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for twelve months, and reduction to Private El.

FACTS

Appellant, on leave from his unit in Iraq, discovered his unit’s deployment had been extended for an additional three months and decided not to return. According to…