United States v. Bush

MICHAEL, Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a special court-martial, military judge alone, of two specifications alleging unauthorized absences from 15 December 1978 to 8 March 1979 and from 9 March 1979 to 17 November 1980, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886. He was sentenced to forfeitures of $300 pay per month for four months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The reviewing authorities below approved the findings and sentence as adjudged.

Appellant contends that he is not guilty of the two unauthorized absence offenses…