United States v. Miasel

Opinion of the Court

HomeR FERGUSON, Judge:

This is another in a series of cases which has reached this Court involving a bizarre and sordid incident which oe-*377eurred in the post stockade, Fort Polk, Louisiana, in May of 1956.1 The accused was convicted of assaulting one Medlock, with intent to commit sodomy, “by having said Medlock held upon a bed and tied down,” in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. His conviction was approved by the convening authority but later reversed by a board of review on an evidentiary question. The Judge Advocate General of the…