United States v. First Lieutenant RICHARD L. EASTON

OPINION OP THE COURT

JOHNSON, Senior Judge:

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted appellant, contrary to his pleas, of two specifications of missing movement, in violation of Article 87, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 887 [hereinafter UCMJ]. The military judge sentenced appellant to dismissal and confinement for eighteen months. The convening authority reduced the sentence to confinement to ten months and approved the remainder of the sentence.

This case is before the court for review under Article 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866. In his brief to this court,…