United States v. Williams

Judge ERDMANN

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Specialist Keith L. Williams, Jr., was charged with two specifications of larceny, seven specifications of forgery and one specification of wrongfully opening mail, in violation of Articles 121, 123 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 921, 923 and 934 (2000) respectively. Williams submitted an offer to plead guilty. The convening authority accepted the offer and the parties entered into a pretrial agreement.

At trial the military judge allowed the Government to withdraw from the pretrial agreement. Williams subsequently…