United States v. Heriot

BYRNE, Judge:

Staff Sergeant Heriot, USMC, the appellant, was convicted, contrary to his pleas, by officer members of a special court-martial, of the possession, transfer, and sale of 14.65 grams of marijuana on 14 August 1981 and the possession of an undetermined amount of marijuana on 9 November 1981. The court sentenced Staff Sergeant Heriot (an E-6) to be confined at hard labor for three months, to be reduced to pay grade E-l, and to be discharged from the United States Marine Corps with a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

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