United States v. Nicholson

Opinion of the Court

COX, Chief Judge:

Appellant was tried by a military judge sitting alone as a special court-martial convened at Pensacola, Florida, on November 6 and 12-13, 1992.1 Among other charges,2 appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of wrongful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana), in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 912a. For all charges of which he was convicted, appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement and forfeiture of $523.00 pay per month for 4 months, and reduction to pay grade E-l.

We granted…