United States v. Yong

OPINION OF THE COURT

WERNER, Judge:

In accordance with his pleas, appellant was convicted of three specifications of unauthorized absence from his unit, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886 (1976). Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 115 days, forfeiture of $382.00 pay per month for four months and reduction to Private E-l, but suspended confinement in excess of three months.

The principal issue before us is whether the military judge erred by admitting…