United States v. Thomas

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHNSON, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, Sergeant Thomas was convicted of absence without authority from 23 to 26 December 1991 and from 16 to 17 January 1992.1 Contrary to his pleas, he was also convicted of using cocaine, violating a lawful regulation by possessing drug paraphernalia, and dishonorably failing to pay two just debts.2 He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 27 months, and reduction to E-l. He raises two issues before us. We find that he was not denied the effective assistance of counsel, but we set aside his conviction of…