United States v. King

DECISION

LEWIS, Senior Judge:

The appellant was found guilty, pursuant to his pleas, of wrongful use of cocaine. He was sentenced by members to a bad conduct discharge, hard labor without confinement for two months and reduction to airman basic. This sentence was approved by the special court-martial convening authority.

Over defense objection the military judge admitted for sentencing two letters of reprimand from the appellant’s Assigned Personnel Information File. R.C.M. 1001(b). Among the cited grounds for the defense counsel’s objection was that the appellant had not been advised that he…