United States v. Smith

OPINION OF THE COURT

De GIULIO, Judge:

In accordance with his pleas, appellant was found guilty by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of two specifications of absence without leave, willful damage to private property, and larceny in violation of Articles 86, 109, and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 909, and 921 (1982), respectively. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 18 months, and forfeiture of $400.00 pay per month for 18 months. The convening authority approved the sentence.

Appellant alleges three errors, only two of which…