United States v. Clark

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Judge:

This general court-martial was convened by the Commander U.S. Naval Forces Marianas/U.S. Naval Base Guam. The appellant was charged with numerous offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.1 In November 1978 the military judge sitting alone found him guilty of many of these offenses.2 The appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 3 years, total forfeitures and reduction to pay grade E-1. A different general court-martial authority, Commander, Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, approved the sentence. On…