United States v. Valead

This appeal involves a punishment traditional in the Navy — confinement on bread and water. However, in this instance, the punishment was imposed by a military judge rather than by the captain of a vessel. Therein lies the principal issue before us.

I

For his numerous offenses,1 Valead was sentenced on August 16, 1988, “[t]o be confined on bread and water for three days; to be followed by ninety days confinement; to forfeit $100.00 pay per month for six months; and to be discharged from naval service with a bad-conduct discharge; and to be reduced to pay grade E-l.” Since the pretrial agreement…