United States v. Weddle

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARMICHAEL, Judge:

The appellant, through counsel, asserts that United States v. New, 23 M.J. 889 (A.C.M.R.1987), was wrongly decided and that he should have received eighty-seven days of Allen credit for the time he spent in pretrial confinement. See United States v. Allen, 17 M.J. 126 (C.M.A.1984) (day-for-day administrative credit for pretrial confinement). The military judge, apparently relying on the computation formula in New, determined the appellant should receive eighty-six rather than eighty-seven days of Allen credit. The New formula omits the first day and…