United States v. Desiderio

DECISION

LEONARD, Senior Judge:

Appellant pleaded guilty to and was convicted of use of methamphetamine. He was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge, confinement for 4 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to airman basic. On appeal, he asserts two errors for our consideration. We find no prejudicial error.

I

First, appellant maintains that the service of charges upon him was ineffective because the service was not accomplished by trial counsel as required by R.C.M. 602. Appellant’s charge sheet (Department of Defense Form 458) reflects that his charges were served by a…