United States v. Muma

For the reasons' I have recounted at length in United States v. Caruth, 4 M.J. 924 (A.C.M.R.1978) (en banc), United States v. Snyder, CM 435858 (A.C.M.R. 28 April 1978) (en banc) (unpublished companion case to Caruth, supra), United States v. Onan, 5 M.J. 514 (A.C.M.R. 24 April 1978), and United States v. Currie, CM 436326 (A.C.M.R. 23 May 1978) (unpublished), I respectfully disagree with the majority in this case.

After convicting the appellant of offenses which all parties agreed carried a maximum permissible sentence of, inter alia, a dishonorable discharge and 12 years confinement, the…