United States v. Scott

OPINION OF THE COURT

DE FIORI, Chief Judge:

Appellant was charged, inter alia, with a conspiracy to commit aggravated arson and the aggravated arson, during a field exercise, of an occupied tent. Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, appellant entered pleas of guilty to all but two of the charges upon which he was arraigned. After a searching providence inquiry by the military judge, appellant was found guilty in accordance with his pleas. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for seven years, and accessory punishments.

Appellant’s pretrial agreement was in two…