United States v. High

Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, Chief Judge:

During March of 1990, appellant was tried by a special court-martial consisting of officer members at Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands. In accordance with his conditional pleas of guilty, appellant was found guilty of failure to go to his appointed place of duty, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886 (Charge I). Contrary to his pleas, he was also found guilty of planting false evidence (Charge II); leaving the scene of an accident (Additional Charge I); and larceny of a check (Additional Charge II), in…