United States v. Rasmussen

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENWASSER, Chief Judge:

The accused was tried by a special court-martial (judge alone) on the sole charge of *514having absented himself from his unit without authority for a period of slightly more than three months. He was found guilty by plea and the judge sentenced him to a bad conduct discharge without other punishment. The sentence has been approved by the convening authority (13 January 1977) and by the supervisory authority (9 March 1977).

Eight errors have been assigned but, in our opinion, only two warrant discussion. The first of these concerns the appropriateness…