United States v. Pazdernik

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

In October 1985, the appellant was convicted by special court-martial of two allegations of wrongfully communicating a threat.1 In December 1985, while the appeal from the first trial was pending, the appellant was convicted in a second trial of *691drug abuse involving cocaine and making a false official statement. This time he was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge, confinement for 26 months and the forfeiture of $420.00 per month for 26 months. Subsequently, we set aside the appellant’s first conviction because of a jurisdictional defect. United States v.…