United States v. Minyen

CAHILL, Judge:

Appellant was tried by special court-martial, military judge alone. Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, Appellant entered pleas of guilty to two specifications of unauthorized absence in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886 and one specification of missing movement by neglect in violation of Article 87, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 887. The charges were based on two separate absences, one of approximately four and a half months and one of over eight months, over a fifteen-month period. The military judge accepted Appellant’s pleas, and pursuant to…