United States v. Cobb

Opinion of the Court

SULLIVAN, Judge:

Appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of a military judge sitting *83alone at Yokosuka, Japan, during February and March 1994. Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of conspiring with two other sailors to commit robbery and participating in the actual commission of that robbery, in violation of Articles 81 and 122, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 881 and 922, respectively. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 8 months, total forfeitures for 8 months, and reduction to pay grade E-l. The convening…