Legal Opinion
United States v. Benton
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided July 5, 2002No. 01-0289/ARPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Senior Judge SULLIVAN
delivered the opinion of the Court.
During the Spring of 1998, appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members at Fort Lewis, Washington. Contrary to his pleas, he was found guilty of kidnapping and forcibly sodomizing CM, in violation of Articles 134 and 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 934 and 925. On June 19, 1998, he was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for two years and six months, total forfeitures, and reduction to pay grade E-l. The convening authority approved this sentence on November 16,…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas E. Silverstein, Adolph Reynosa, Clayton A. Fountain, and Edgar HevleCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. Michael PriceCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- United States v. BookerUnited States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals · 2006
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