United States v. Sosebee

OPINION OF THE COURT

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant, a sergeant with over nineteen years of service, was convicted by a general court-martial of officer members of an attempt to alter a public record, two specifications of an attempt to possess a controlled substance, eight specifications of larceny, theft of mail, and wearing unauthorized insignia in violation of Articles 80, 121, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 880, 921 and 934 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for forty-two…