United States v. Watkins

OPINION OF THE COURT

De GIULIO, Senior Judge:

Appellant was tried by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial at Stuttgart, Germany. Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of two specifications of larceny and two specifications of housebreaking in violation of Articles 121 and 130, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 921 and 930 (1982). He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for seven years, total forfeitures, and reduction to the grade of Private E1. The convening authority approved the sentence.

Before this court, appellate defense counsel assigned…