United States v. Shults

OPINION OF THE COURT

THORNOCK, Judge:

In a bench trial and pursuant to his pleas, the appellant was convicted of two specifications each of possession and sale of marihuana in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 934. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence.

As the single error on appeal, appellant asserts that the military judge erred by not conducting an adequate providence inquiry. He urges that the judge should have inquired more fully into the possibility of an entrapment defense. We have carefully…