United States v. Cruz

LAWRENCE, Judge:

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Appellant was tried on 8 April 1992 by a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial and was convicted according to his guilty pleas of a period of unauthorized absence of about 11 months. The sentence, which included a bad-conduct discharge, was approved by the convening authority on 13 August 1992. The convening authority sent the record to the Navy-Marine Corps Appellate Review Activity [hereinafter ÑAMARA], an activity under the command of the Judge Advocate General, for referral to this Court for review pursuant to Article 66(c), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c).

Appar…