United States v. Sergeant SCOTT K. STOKES

OPINION OF THE COURT

NEVIN, Chief Judge. *

A military judge sitting as a special court-martial convicted appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of absence without leave, wrongful appropriation of private property valued at over $500.00, larceny of private property valued at over $500.00, larceny of military property valued at over $500.00, and forgery, in violation of Articles 86, 121, and 123, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 921, and 923 [hereinafter UCMJ]. The convening authority approved the ad judged sentence to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for eight months, and…