United States v. Stevens

OPINION OF THE COURT

In accordance with his pleas, the appellant was convicted of two specifications of absence without leave in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886 (1976), and sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, which was approved by the convening authority. The appellant now contends that evidence of a previous special court-martial conviction should not have been admitted because he had obtained a certificate of completion from the United States Army Retraining Brigade, which appellant contends is equivalent to a certificate of rehabilitation under…