United States v. McLaughlin

OPINION OF THE COURT

THORNOCK, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, the appellant was convicted by a general court-martial, composed of officer and enlisted members, of distribution and possession of marijuana in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of *686Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 912a (Supp. IV 1986) [hereinafter UCMJ]. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for two years, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and reduction to the grade of E-l. In keeping with a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence but suspended the confinement in excess of…