United States v. Morales

DECISION

CANELLOS, Judge:

Before a special court-martial consisting of members, the accused was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of possession of marihuana. The approved sentence extends to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for four months, forfeiture of $367.00 per month for four months and reduction to airman basic.

Although the accused assigns four errors for our consideration on appeal, we have determined that only two of these merit our discussion. The first is, the military judge failed to properly instruct the court as required by Article 51(c)(3), Uniform Code of…