United States v. Snethen

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, Judge:

The appellant was tried at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial. Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted of one specification of wrongfully possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, in violation of Article 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 4 months, forfeiture of $1,000.00 pay per month for 4 months, and reduction to E-l.

On appeal, the appellant asserts that the record…