United States v. Oliver

OPINION OF THE COURT

PEARSON, Judge:

In this case, we determine how military judges should calculate the maximum punishment for a specification which alleges multiple thefts aggregating over $100 in value.

In a bench trial general court-martial, appellant pled guilty to being absent without leave on two occasions (one terminated by apprehension) and stealing telephone services by using his roommate’s telephone credit card number. The military judge sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, 12 months confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to airman basic, which the…