United States v. Barnes

HARRIS, Judge:

A special court-martial composed of a military judge, sitting alone, convicted the appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of a 52-month unauthorized absence terminated by apprehension, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886. The appellant was sentenced to confinement for 39 days,1 reduction to pay grade E-l, forfeiture of $767.00 pay per month for 12 months, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence and, except for the bad-conduct discharge, ordered it executed. There was no pretrial agreement.

We…