United States v. Jones

In August 1993, appellant was tried by a general court-martial consisting of a military judge sitting alone. Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of adultery, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge; confinement for 1 year; total forfeitures; and reduction to E-1. The convening authority approved the sentence. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the findings, but mitigated the dishonorable discharge to a bad-conduct discharge.*

We granted appellant’s petition for review on the following issue:

WHETHER THE…