United States v. Mead

Judge STUCKY

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellant pled guilty to, and was convicted of, an offense for which he had previously accepted nonjudicial punishment (NJP) pursuant to Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 815 (2012). After announcing the sentence, the military judge explained how, in reaching the adjudged sentence, he had compensated Appellant for the previous NJP. We granted review to determine whether Appellant was entitled to have credit for the NJP applied to the sentence approved by the convening authority pursuant to the pretrial agreement, as…