United States v. Story

OPINION OF THE COURT

Consistent with his pleas, the appellant was convicted by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of attempted forcible sodomy and forcible sodomy, in violation of Articles 80 and 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 880 and 925 (1982). He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for five years, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to Private El. Pursuant to the terms of a pretrial agreement, the convening authority reduced the period of confinement to twelve months and otherwise approved the adjudged sentence.

Although…