United States v. Specialist CHISTOPHER J. MATTHEWS (2d Corrected Copy)

ZOLPER, Senior Judge:

On 11 April 2003, a military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of wrongful use of cocaine (two specifications) in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 912a [hereinafter UCMJ] and, contrary to his pleas, of assault upon a noncommissioned officer in which grievous bodily harm was intentionally inflicted in violation of Article 128, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 928. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for eleven months, forfeiture of all pay…