United States v. Freeman

OPINION OF THE COURT

De GIULIO, Judge:

Appellant was tried by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial. Pursuant to his pleas, he was found guilty of three specifications of unauthorized absence and five specifications of dishonorable failure to maintain sufficient funds, in violation of Articles 86 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 886 and 934 (1982). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for five months and forfeiture of $400.00 pay per month for five months. The convening authority approved the sentence.

The appellant alleges that the…