United States v. Merrill

DECISION

LEWIS, Judge:

The appellant pleaded guilty to four specifications alleging the wrongful use and distribution of marijuana and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) on divers occasions. She was sentenced by a military judge, sitting alone, to a bad conduct discharge, confinement for 20 months, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and reduction to airman basic. The sentence was approved as adjudged by the general court-martial convening authority.

During the presentencing phase of the appellant’s trial the trial counsel proffered a nonjudicial punishment pursuant to R.C.M. 1001(b)(2). It was…