United States v. Isham

OLIVER, Judge:

A military judge, sitting as a special court-martial, convicted the appellant, contrary to his pleas, of communicating a threat, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934 (1994)[hereinafter UCMJ]. He was sentenced to confinement for 88 days, reduction to the lowest enlisted pay grade, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged and, except for the bad-conduct discharge, ordered it executed.

We have carefully reviewed the record of trial, the three assignments of error,1 II.and the *604Government’s…