United States v. Davis

DECISION

LEONARD, Judge:

Appellant pleaded guilty to and was convicted of two offenses of committing forceful sodomy with children under the age of 16 and two offenses of committing indecent acts with children under the age of 16. In his appeal, he asserts four errors. We agree with two of his assertions.

The first assertion is that it was error for the staff judge advocate, in his post-trial recommendation, to advise the convening authority that he did not have to review a videotape submitted by the appellant as part of his clemency matters under Article 60(b), UCMJ. We agree.

After the staff…