United States v. Matthews

OPINION OF THE COURT

One term of appellant’s pretrial agreement provided for suspension of any punitive discharge imposed at his special court-martial trial for larceny. While inquiring into the providency of appellant’s guilty plea, the trial judge looked at the whole agreement, including an appendix containing the agreed-upon sentence. Satisfied that the plea was provident, the judge found appellant guilty and imposed a sentence which included a bad conduct discharge. Then he made a recommendation of record that the discharge be suspended by the convening authority.

Appellant asserts that the…