United States v. Merchant

DECISION UPON FURTHER REVIEW

EARLY, Chief Judge:

The accused was tried by general court-martial, military judge alone, on 30 October 1975, for three specifications of possessing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), three specifications of selling LSD and larceny of stereo equipment, in violation of Articles 92 *752and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 892, 921. He,was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for nine months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and reduction to airman basic. The case was originally submitted to us on the merits, and, by…