United States v. Miller

Judge EFFRON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

On November 21, 2003, at a special court-martial composed of a military judge sitting alone, Appellee was convicted, pursuant to his pleas, of various controlled substances offenses, in violation of Articles 112(a) and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 912(a), 934 (2000). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to E-l.

As we describe in more detail below, this case involves Appellee’s interest in waiving appellate review of his case. We briefly describe the procedures for review of a court-martial in…