United States v. Oxford

OPINION OF THE COURT

FELDER, Senior Judge:

At a general court-martial appellant entered pleas of guilty to two counts of disobeying a lawful command by an officer not to visit his assigned family quarters unescorted and a single count of using a knife to force his wife to commit acts of oral and anal sodomy. His pleas were provident to violations of Articles 90 and 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 890 and 925 (1982) [hereinafter cited as UCMJ].

The appellant elected to be sentenced by a court composed of officer and enlisted members. During the presentencing proceedings,…