United States v. Baba

Opinion

EVERETT, Chief Judge.

We granted review to consider whether, in two instances, the specifications are multiplicious for findings. 18 M.J. 91.

I

The specification of Charge III alleges that appellant absented himself without authority from his ship and remained *77absent for less than one day. Specification 1 of Charge IV alleges that, on the same day, appellant missed the movement of that ship through design. Under these circumstances, where the length of the unauthorized absence was so minimal as to be inherent in an offense of missing movement, cf. United States v. Campfield, 20 M.J. 246…