United States v. Specialist IMMANUEL E. MARTINEZ

OPINION OF THE COURT

SALUSSOLIA, Judge:

In this case we hold appellant’s sentence was appropriate despite his assertion of sentence disparity with his coactor. While there is a not a bright-line test for when a sentence is highly disparate, the law is clear that sentence disparity is only one of many aspects of sentence appropriateness. We therefore hold that even if appellant’s sentence was highly disparate with his coactor’s sentence, appellant’s sentence was still appropriate for his crimes.

A general court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members convicted appellant, contrary to his…