United States v. Staley

OPINION OF THE COURT

COOK, Judge:

Appellant was convicted on 4 September 1975 at a bench trial of eighteen charges of uttering worthless checks. All offenses were cited as violations of Article 123a, Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. § 923a). His approved sentence is noted supra.

Appellant’s trial on 4 September was a rehearing. His original trial was conducted on 22 May 1975. He pled guilty on that occasion and was duly convicted of eighteen bad-check offenses.

During the course of transcribing the record of the May trial, a tape recording containing a substantial portion of the…