United States v. Barnes

WELCH, Judge:

The appellant was tried on 4, 7 April and 12 May 1994, by a special court-martial composed of a military judge alone. Contrary to his pleas, he was convicted of a single specification of using marijuana, in violation of Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice [UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. § 912a. The appellant was sentenced to be discharged from the military service with a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

In this appeal, the appellant raises two assignments of error.1 Our disposition of the issue presented by the appellant’s second…