United States v. Rodriguez

*449 Opinion of the Court

WISS, Judge:

A special1 court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members convicted appellant, over his pleas, of wrongful use of cocaine and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. See Art. 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 912a. The convening authority approved these results, and the Court of Military Review affirmed. 34 MJ 562 (1991).

On appellant’s petition, we granted review of the following issue:

WHETHER THE ARMY COURT ERRED IN HOLDING THAT THE MILITARY JUDGE DID NOT ABUSE HIS DISCRETION IN PERMITTING A…