United States v. Fontenot

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMKEWICZ, Senior Judge:

Appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of rape, in violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 920 (1982) [hereinafter UCMJ]. His sentence to a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and confinement for forty years was approved by the convening authority. Before this court, appellant assigns several errors.

I

First, appellant makes a combined attack on the military judge’s treatment of the question of his sanity. He asserts that error was committed, first, when his request for the assistance…