United States v. Barnes

OPINION OF THE COURT

FOREMAN, Judge:

In accordance with his pleas, the appellant was convicted of robbery, in violation of Article 122, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 922 (1976). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for sixteen months, and total forfeitures. The convening authority approved the sentence but limited the total forfeitures to a period of sixteen months.

The victim of the robbery was a German taxi driver. After findings, the appellant, in an unsworn statement, said that he had robbed the taxi driver to obtain money to pay a debt…