United States v. Humphrey

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULTON, Senior Judge:

On pleas of guilty, appellant was convicted of rape and several other violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq. (1976). The military judge sentenced him to be reduced to the grade of Private E-l, to forfeit all pay and allowances, to be dishonorably discharged from the service, and to be confined at hard labor for twenty-five years.

A plea bargain limited the confinement to be approved by the convening authority to a term of eight years. Accordingly, the staff judge advocate, in his post-trial review, recommended that…