United States v. Brooks

MALONE, Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, appellant was found guilty at a special court-martial bench trial sitting at Camp Pendleton, California of a six month unauthorized absence from his overseas command, a violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 886. He was sentenced to be confined at hard labor for three months and to be discharged with a bad-conduct discharge. In accordance with appellant’s pretrial agreement, the supervisory authority suspended the sentence in its entirety on 19 June 1981.

Five assignments of error are posited by appellate defense…