United States v. Bullington

OPINION OF THE COURT ON PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF1

JONES, Senior Judge:

The appellant asks this Court to enforce the limitation on convening authority action *571specified in the decretal paragraph of our opinion of 7 July 1981, reflecting our initial decision in this case. In the decretal paragraph of that opinion, this Court conditionally set aside the sentence and authorized a rehearing or, in the alternative, if such a rehearing was impracticable, reassessment of the sentence and approval of one that did not include a bad-conduct discharge.2

The convening authority determined a rehearing…