United States v. Duvall

Opinion of the Court

EFFRON, Judge:

In July 1994, appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of officer members at March Air Force Base, California. He was convicted of wrongful use of marijuana but was acquitted of wrongful distribution of marijuana and wrongful use of lysergic acid diethylamide. See Art. 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 912a. The members sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority approved these results, and the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. 44 MJ 501 (1996).

We granted…