United States v. Charley

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARMICHAEL, Judge:

The two assigned errors in this case pertain to the receipt of evidence during the sentencing proceedings over defense objection. The appellant is a noncommissioned officer with twenty years’ service. He entered provident pleas of guilty to three specifications of making and uttering worthless checks in violation of Article 123a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 923a (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ]. Before an officer-enlisted sentencing forum, the trial counsel concentrated on documentary evidence in forcefully and successfully arguing for the…