United States v. Bethea

DECISION

HERMAN, Judge:

Before a special court-martial consisting of members, the accused was convicted, consonant with his pleas, of 17 specifications of making and uttering checks, and thereafter dishonorably failing to maintain sufficient funds for payment on presentment, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. He was sentenced to bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for three months, and reduction to airman basic.

Appellate defense counsel have assigned three errors, all of which were raised by the trial defense counsel in an excellent…