United States v. Richardson

Opinion of the Court

PER Curiam :

On a plea of guilty made without previous agreement with the convening authority, the accused was convicted by a general court-martial in Germany of an unauthorized absence of nearly eleven months. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for one year, and accessory penalties. In this Court, the accused contends he was prejudiced as to the sentence by remarks of his counsel to the effect that “probably the army would be better off without” him and that an “appropriate and just sentence” could include a bad-conduct discharge.

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