United States v. Boyd

OPINION OF THE COURT

DRIBBEN, Judge:

A special court-martial empowered to adjudge a bad-conduct discharge convicted appellant, in accordance with his pleas of guilty, of assault and aggravated assault in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 928. He was sentenced to be discharged from the service with a bad-conduct discharge, to be confined at hard labor for four months, and to forfeit $240.00 pay per month for four months. Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence but suspended the bad-conduct discharge.

The pretrial…