United States v. Daly

BARR, Judge:

Appellant was convicted by special court-martial, pursuant to his plea of guilty, of an unauthorized absence from 9 September 1981 until 31 March 1982, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886. He was sentenced by the court, sitting as military judge alone, to confinement at hard labor for seventy-five days, forfeiture of $200.00 pay per month for a period of two months, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence, but suspended the punitive discharge without further modification.

During…