United States v. Provost

Opinion of the Court

COX, Judge:

Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, appellant pleaded guilty to two specifications of absence without leave and one specification of attempted larceny of a motor bike, in violation of Articles 86 and 80, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886 and 880, respectively. During the hearing on sentence, appellant made an unsworn statement in extenuation and mitigation wherein he related a history of alcohol abuse. He attributed his absences and at*99tempted larceny to his desire to get out of the Army and claimed that his sole motivation for committing the offenses…