United States v. McGaughey

OPINION OF THE COURT

SU-BROWN, Judge.

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted by a military judge sitting as a special court-martial, of five specifications of violating a lawful general regulation governing rationed items in contravention of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 892 (1976). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to Private E-l. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence, but suspended the bad-conduct discharge for a period of six months with provision for automatic remission. The convening authority also…