United States v. Stokes

OPINION OF THE COURT

DeFORD, Judge:

The appellant, pursuant to his pleas, was convicted by a special court-martial of possession, transfer and sale of marihuana in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (10 U.S.C. § 934). His approved sentence included a bad-conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for three months.

On appeal appellant alleges, as he did at trial, that the court-martial that convicted him lacked jurisdiction over the offenses. He further assigns as error the allegation that the convening authority failed to personally detail the military judge, counsel…