United States v. Lark

*436 Opinion of the Court

CRAWFORD, Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, appellant was convicted of writing bad checks (4 specifications) and failure to pay a just debt, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. The convening authority approved the sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, 12 months’ confinement, and reduction to E-l. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the findings and sentence.

We granted review of the following issue:

' WHETHER APPELLANT IMPROVIDENTLY PLEADED GUILTY TO DISHONORABLE FAILURE TO PAY A JUST DEBT IF THE UNDERLYING LOAN WAS ILLEGAL.

For the…