United States v. Coffman

DORMAN, Chief Judge:

A military judge sitting as a special court-martial convicted the appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of a false official statement and larceny. The appellant’s crimes violated Articles 107 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 907 and 921. The adjudged and approved sentence consists of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 45 days, and reduction to pay grade E-l. In taking action the convening authority waived automatic forfeiture of pay for 6 months from the date of the action.1

This case was initially submitted without assignment of error. In our…