United States v. Saenz

Opinion of the Court

COOK, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, the accused was convicted by general court-martial, military judge alone, of wrongfully possessing 363 grams of marijuana, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 1 year, forfeiture of $200.00 pay per month for 10 months, and reduction to pay grade E-3. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged. The Court of Military Review affirmed the findings and sentence.

The issue in this case concerns the denial of…