United States v. Tenk

OPINION OF THE COURT

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted the appellant, in accordance with his pleas, of six specifications of writing bad checks in violation of Articles 123a and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 923a and 934 (1982). The approved sentence provides for a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for one year, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to the grade of Private El, and a fine of $1000.00.

After appellant’s case was submitted to us on its merits, we specified the following issue:

WHETHER THE MILITARY JUDGE ESTABLISHED A…