United States v. Atherton

OPINION OF THE COURT

SNEEDEN, Chief Judge:

CASE SUMMARY

The accused stands convicted of possession of heroin in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 892. Tried by military judge sitting alone in a special court-martial, he was sentenced to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for five months, forfeiture of $217.00 pay per month for six months, and reduction to E-l. At no time during the trial did the trial counsel ask the military judge to take judicial notice of paragraph A-2, Army Regulation 600-50, as modified…