United States v. Portt

Opinion of the Court

COX, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, appellant was convicted, by a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial, of possession, distribution, use, and introduction of marihuana, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. His sentence to confinement at hard labor for 4 months, forfeiture of $350 pay per month for 2 months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge was approved by the convening authority. The supervisory authority disapproved the finding of guilty as to the introduction offense, modified the findings…