United States v. Chesney

Opinion

Darden, Chief Judge:

A special court-martial military judge sitting alone convicted this appellant of wrongfully possessing a quantity of d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for two months, forfeiture of $50 per month for the same period, and reduction in grade. He recommended, in addition, that the punitive discharge be suspended. The convening authority affirmed the findings and sentence, giving no indication in his action that he had considered the military judge’s recommendation. For the supervisory authority,…