United States v. Sturgeon

ORR, Senior Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted by the military judge sitting alone of three unauthorized absences, twice *1085missing movements by design, and stealing an identification card and driver’s license from another Marine in violation, respectively, of Articles 86, 87, and 121, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 886, 887, 921. He was acquitted of one forgery offense. He was sentenced to confinement for 18 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the…