United States v. Sankey

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of assault and communication of a threat in violation of Articles 128 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 928 and 934. His approved sentence included a bad-conduct discharge (suspended until 25 April 1979 with provision for automatic remission).

On appeal, counsel has not alleged that any errors were committed in the pretrial, trial or post-trial processing of the case. However, our examination of the record discloses that the staff judge advocate used an abbreviated format for his post-trial review. It…