United States v. BeLarge

Opinion of the Court

FERGUSON, Judge:

The accused was convicted by special court-martial, convened at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, of three specifications of being absent without leave, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for six months, and forfeiture of $73.00 per month for a like period. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence but suspended execution of the punitive discharge for the period of confinement and six months thereafter with provision for automatic…