United States v. Simpson

GREGORY, Senior Judge:

Pursuant to his plea, appellant stands convicted of an unauthorized absence from 27 May 1978 to 22 May 1980, in violation of *716Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886 (UCMJ). The sentence adjudged and approved on review below provides for a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for 3 months, forfeiture of $150.00 per month for 3 months, and reduction to pay grade E-l.

In his single assignment of error, appellant contends that his plea of guilty was improvident because there has not been an adequate showing that sworn charges were received…