United States v. Diaz

DONOVAN, Judge:

While stationed overseas, appellant was convicted, pursuant to his pleas and a pretrial agreement, of two periods of unauthorized absence totaling 56 days and eleven over-purchases of whiskey, beer and cigarettes in violation of a general regulation. Articles 86 and 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 892. He was sentenced by military judge alone to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 60 days, reduction to pay grade E-l, and forfeitures of $150.00 per month for two months. The convening authority, noting one prior special…