United States v. Slaughter

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAVELLE, Senior Judge:

In accordance with his pleas, the appellant was convicted of two specifications of dishonorably failing to maintain sufficient funds to cover numerous checks he wrote in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934 (1988). A military judge sitting as a general court-martial sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for eight months, and forfeiture of all pay and allowances. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence.

The appellant asserts that we must set aside his conviction because public policy…