United States v. Schwarz

OPINION OF THE COURT

MITCHELL, Senior Judge:

Along with the offense of bribery (Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 934 (1976)), appellant was found guilty of six separate acts of forgery. (Article 123, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 923 (1976)). The sufficiency of the forgery specifications to state an offense is an issue before us, notwithstanding appellant’s plea of guilty and his counsel’s omitting an attack on the sufficiency at trial.

With the exception of the name of the victim the specifications read identically:

In that Specialist Four William P. Schwarz, US Army,…