United States v. Miller

OPINION OF THE COURT

NAUGHTON, Judge:

Consistent with his pleas, appellant was convicted of absence without authority in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886 *818(1976). He was sentenced by a general court-martial composed of officer members to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for six months, and forfeiture of all pay per month for six months. The convening authority reduced the forfeitures to $382.00 per month for six months, suspended for one year the confinement at hard labor in excess of two months, and otherwise approved the…