United States v. Gnibus

MAY, Judge:

Appellant was convicted, in absentia, by general court-martial, officer members, of three specifications of unauthorized absence in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge from the naval service, confinement at hard labor for 12 months, forfeiture of $275 per month for 12 months, and reduction to pay grade E-l. The sentence was approved on review below, with the convening authority granting 57 days administrative credit for pretrial confinement served.

Appellant now assigns four errors, none of…