Legal Opinion
United States v. Johnson
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided April 12, 1990No. 61,753; ACM 26812PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
COX, Judge:
Appellant was tried by general court-martial before a military judge alone for knowingly exposing a 17-year-old male to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). It was established at trial that HIV is the disease-causing, viral agent in the incurable, fatal illness called AIDS (Acquired Immunity Deficiency Syndrome). After mixed pleas, he was found guilty of attempted consensual sodomy, consensual sodomy, and assault with a means likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm, to wit: attempted anal intercourse while knowingly infected with HIV, in violation of…
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