United States v. Newton

SANDERS, Judge:

At a special court-martial tried by military judge alone appellant pleaded guilty to and was found guilty of unauthorized absences from 22 May 1977 until 1 June 1978, 23 October 1978 until 30 October 1978, 11 December 1978 until 21 February 1979 and 5 March 1979 until 29 April 1979. He was sentenced to confinement at hard labor for 6 months, forfeitures of $275.00 pay per month for 6 months and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence adjudged but, pursuant to a' pretrial agreement, suspended all confinement at hard labor in excess of 2 months for…