United States v. Caruth

OPINION OF THE COURT

DeFORD, Judge:

The appellant, pursuant to his pleas, was convicted at a bench trial of possession and sale of heroin in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 934. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for eight months, forfeiture of $300.00 pay per month for eight months, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority approved the sentence. Our review of the appellant’s case is pursuant to Article 66, UCMJ.

The appellant alleges that his pleas of guilty are improvident because they…