United States v. Bowers

OPINION OF THE COURT

Pursuant to his pleas of guilty, the appellant was convicted at his general court-martial of charges laid under Article 134 of the Code1 alleging three specifications of wrongful distribution of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for 4 years, and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. The convening authority approved the findings and sentence, except he reduced the forfeitures to $228 per month for 12 months and suspended imposition of the dishonorable discharge for…