United States v. Valadez

OPINION OF THE. COURT

FULTON, Senior Judge:

The appellant pleaded guilty to charges of unlawfully entering the motor pool of the Siemens Corporation in Erlangen, Germany, stealing an Avis-owned automobile therein, operating it while drunk, and willfully and wrongfully damaging certain property including the stolen' automobile. The military judge sentenced him to reduction to the .grade of Private E-l, confinement at hard labor for 21 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a bad-conduct discharge. Pursuant to a plea bargain, the convening authority reduced the confinement term to 14…