United States v. Phare

*245Opinion of the Court

Duncan, Judge:

The appellant was convicted by general court-martial of one specification alleging the violation of a lawful general regulation, by having in his possession a hypodermic needle — Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 892. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and total forfeitures. The convening authority approved the findings and only so much of the sentence as provides for a bad-conduct discharge and forfeiture of $50.00 per month for six months. We granted review on the following issue:

Whether appellant suffered manifest prejudice…