United States v. Dawson

Judge EFFRON

delivered the opinion of the Court.

A special court-martial composed of a military judge sitting alone convicted appellant, pursuant to her pleas, of six specifications of making and uttering worthless checks by dishonorably failing to maintain sufficient funds, and one specification of breaking restriction, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. She was sentenced to confinement for 100 days and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved that portion of the sentence that provided for a bad-conduct discharge, and the Court of…