United States v. McCrae

Opinion of the Court

A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted appellant of rape, forcible sodomy, adultery, unlawful confinement, and assault consummated by a battery, in violation of Articles 120, 125, 134, 97, and 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 920, 925, 934, 897, and 928, respectively. The first three charges related to an attack on one woman; the latter two charges related to an attack on another woman. Although appellant was subject to a maximum possible punishment of dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for life, total forfeitures,…