United States v. Fisher

DECISION

HERMAN, Judge:

At a special court-martial with members, the accused was convicted, consonant with his pleas, of four offenses of sale or attempted sale of marihuana, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), and amphetamines. The court sentenced him to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for three months, forfeiture of $265.00 per month for three months, and reduction to airman basic. The reviewing authority, finding merit in the accused’s contention that he pleaded guilty improvidently1 to one of the attempted sales of amphetamines, disapproved the finding of guilty for that…