United States v. Hightower

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARNE, Senior Judge:

Appellant, a U. S. Army recruiter, was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of three specifications of effecting unlawful enlistments, in violation of Article 84, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 884, and one specification of failure to obey the enlistment regulation, in violation of Article 92, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 892. At his trial before a special court-martial, appellant received a sentence of a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority approved the sentence. Our review of appellant’s…