United States v. Bygrave

Opinion of the Court

ARTERTON, District Judge:1

Appellant was tried by a general court-martial, military judge alone, on March 23 and 25, 1992, and was convicted of two specifications of assault with a means likely to cause death or grievous bodily harm, in violation of Article 128(b)(1), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 928(b)(1). Appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 4 years, total forfeitures, and reduction to pay grade E-l. On June 26, 1992, the convening authority approved the sentence and, with the exception of the bad-conduct discharge, ordered it…