United States v. Williams

PRICE, Senior Judge:

A military judge, sitting as a special court-martial, convicted the appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of unauthorized absence, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 886. The appellant was sentenced to confinement for 45 days and a bad-conduct discharge. In accordance with a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved the sentence, but suspended confinement in excess of 30 days.

We have carefully considered the record of trial, the summary assignment of error, and the Government’s response. We conclude that the findings and…