United States v. Francis

BOHLEN, Judge:

On 24 and 26 September 1980, appellant was tried by a military judge at special court-martial for a violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886. The unauthorized absence specified on the charge sheet ran from 5 March 1979 to 16 July 1980. Appellant pled guilty to a period of unauthorized absence from 5 March 1979 to 3 April 1979. The military judge accepted appellant’s pleas. Trial counsel then stated that the Government intended to prove the greater period of absence. Thereupon, the military judge found the appellant guilty of the absence…