United States v. Gardner

Opinion of the Court

GIERKE, Judge:

A military judge sitting as a special court-martial convicted appellant, contrary to his pleas, of two specifications of dishonorable failure to pay a just debt, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. Consistent with appellant’s pleas of guilty, the military judge also convicted him of unauthorized absence (AWOL) from November 27, 1989, to March 7, 1990, and making and uttering a worthless check, in violation of Articles 86 and 123a, UCMJ, 10 USC §§ 886 and 923a, respectively. The approved sentence provides for a…