United States v. Lopez

OPINION OF THE COURT

DRIBBEN, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, appellant was found guilty by a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial of possession of marihuana and hashish in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. His sentence extended to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for three months, and reduction to Private E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence.

On the evening of 16 February 1978, appellant’s unit had a regularly scheduled “G.I. party” in the barracks. On this particular evening individual rooms were…