United States v. Givens

DONOVAN, Judge:

Appellant seeks disapproval of the sentence and a rehearing because the military judge did not fully answer the members’ question, posed during their deliberations on sentencing, on “what loss of privileges and/or rights a Bad Conduct Discharge entails.” We reject the assigned error under the facts of this case and affirm.

Pursuant to his pleas, appellant was found guilty of 14 specifications of extortion, Article 127, 10 U.S.C.A. § 927, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), and not guilty of 4 specifications of assault, Article 128, 10 U.S.C.A. § 928, UCMJ. All offenses…