Barnett v. United States

*134Plaintiff pleaded guilty on September 3, 1976, and was convicted by a special Army court-martial at Heidelberg, Germany. He was charged under five specifications with unlawfully possessing and using more than one ration card in violation of UCMJ article 92 and with the theft of 22 other cards with a potential value of $40,000 in violation of UCMJ article 121. He was sentenced to be reduced in grade from master sergeant to sergeant first class. The proceeding was approved by the convening authority. Thereafter, plaintiff sought relief from the sentence but his application was denied by the…