United States v. Cowles

OPINION OF THE COURT

CLAUSE, Judge:

Appellant was convicted, pursuant to his plea, by a special court-martial, judge alone, of larceny. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for two months and forfeiture of $265.00 pay per month for two months. The convening authority approved the sentence.

During the sentencing phase of the trial the government offered into evidence Prosecution Exhibit 4, a Record of Proceedings under Article 15, UCMJ. The defense objected on the grounds that the signature thereon “was not legible.” The military judge questioned the appellant as…