United States v. Threadgill

DECISION

In accordance with his pretrial agreement, the accused pleaded guilty to AWOL and desertion. The AWOL specification was found on review below to be defective and the finding of guilty was disapproved. Nevertheless, the accused stands convicted of desertion from his ship, the CGC GENTIAN, from 22 May 1973 until his apprehension on 9 May 1975. Tried by military judge alone, the accused was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge. His agreement to plead guilty was in exchange for the convening authority’s promise to suspend any confinement if a BCD were adjudged, and to suspend confinement…