United States v. Youngblood

FREYER, Judge:

Notwithstanding his pleas, this appellant stands convicted by a special court-martial composed of members, including enlisted members, of assault consummated by a battery upon a teen-age girl by choking her around the throat (as a lesser-included offense of assault with a means likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm), “simple assault” with a dangerous weapon [sic] on another teen-age girl (as a purported lesser-included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon), and communicating a threat. The court-martial returned the maximum sentence, which the convening authority…