United States v. Jordan

*165Opinion of the Court

Quinn, Judge:

Despite a plea of guilty and a sentence less than that adjudged at.trial and provided in a pretrial agreement with the convening authority, the accused contends that his conviction for larceny and two specifications of robbery, in violation of Articles 121 and 122, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 921 and 922, respectively, should be reversed because he was deprived of “his right to be represented by civilian counsel provided at his own expense.”

At an Article 39 (a) session held before convening of the court, the accused appeared before the trial…