United States v. Sanchez

OPINION OF THE COURT

COOK, Senior Judge:

Appellant was convicted, contrary to his plea, of a wrongful attempt to sell, and of a wrongful possession of heroin, alleged as violations of Articles 80 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. §§ 880 and 934), respectively.

The principle prosecution witness was a soldier named Williams who was a member of appellant’s company. Williams testified in the case sub judice that his lawyers had told him if he didn’t testify at appellant’s trial the convening authority would not accept his offer to enter into a guilty plea *729agreement limiting…