United States v. Belmont

RUBENS, Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas at a special court-martial bench trial, appellant was convicted of one specification of forgery, two specifications of breaking restriction, and one specification of using cocaine in violation of, respectively, Articles 123,134, and 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 923, 934, and 912a. He was sentenced to confinement for 45 days, forfeiture of $200 pay per month for 1 month, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a bad-conduct discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged and, in accordance with the pretrial…