United States v. Morris

OLIVER, Judge:

A special court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members convicted the appellant, contrary to his pleas, of a false official statement and simple battery, in violation of Articles 107 and 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 907, 928 (1994)[hereinafter UCMJ].1 The appellant was sentenced to reduction to the lowest enlisted pay grade and a bad-conduct discharge. On 16 May 1996 the convening authority approved the sentence; however, he suspended the bad-conduct discharge for a period of 24 months from the date of his action.

We have reviewed the record of…