United States v. Canchola

At a special court-martial Lance Corporal George A. Canchóla, Jr., entered guilty pleas to dereliction of duty and five specifications alleging wrongful use of a controlled substance in violation of Articles 92 and 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 892, 912a (2000). The military judge sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 130 days, and reduction to the grade of E-l. The focus of Canchola’s Petition for Grant of Review is timely post-trial processing. Specifically, of the 1,263 days between sentencing and the decision of the United States Navy-Marine…