United States v. Usry

EDWARDS, Judge:

This case originally came before us without specific assignment of error. We have asked appellate counsel for, and received, briefs on the issue of appropriateness of the sentence. In carrying out our statutory duties, we must be convinced that the findings and sentence are correct in law and fact. We have no quarrel with our brother in his concurring/dissenting opinion that such duty requires us not to approve any sentence which, in view of the entire record, we conclude is not fair and just. Article 66c, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 866(c). In the…