United States v. Gloria

BYRNE, Judge:

Private Gloria was convicted, pursuant to his guilty pleas, of one unauthorized absence totalling 189 days, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886 (1976). The military judge sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for two months. The convening authority approved the sentence but suspended the discharge in accordance with a pretrial agreement. The supervisory authority approved the sentence approved by the convening authority.

Staff Sergeant Ulrich preferred the charges upon which the appellant was tried.…