United States v. Mathieu

OPINION OF THE COURT

GILLEY, Judge:

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted the appellant of involuntary manslaughter, in violation of Article 119, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 919 (1982). The convening authority approved the sentence of a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 18 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction in grade to Private E1.

The appellant asserts that he should have received an additional 121 days of credit for pretrial confinement because the record of trial and allied papers do not establish that the appellant’s…