United States v. Young

OPINION OF THE COURT

De GIULIO, Senior Judge:

On 10 June 1991, appellant was tried by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial. He pled guilty and was found guilty of willful damage to private property of a value of over $100.00 and larceny, in violation of Articles 109 and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 909 and 921 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ].1 He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 18 months, and total forfeitures. The convening authority reduced the confinement to 12 months but otherwise approved the sentence.

Appellant asserts that the…