United States v. Burum

OPINION OF THE COURT

GIUNTINI, Judge: *

The appellant was convicted of various offenses and sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for twenty-seven months, and total forfeiture of pay and allowances. In return for appellant’s guilty plea, the convening authority had agreed to disapprove confinement in excess of eighteen months. The convening authority approved only sixteen months of confinement, forfeiture of all allowances, forfeiture of $420.00 pay per month for sixteen months, and a dishonorable discharge.

Prior to his court-martial, the appellant had been punished under the…