United States v. Rainey

OPINION OF THE COURT

FELDER, Judge:

The members of a general court-martial convicted the appellant of murder while perpetrating sodomy and forcible sodomy in violation of Articles 118 and 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 918 and 925. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for life, forfeiture of $300.00 a month for life and reduction to the grade of Private E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence.

The evidence presented by the Government indicates that on the night of 21 November 1974 Private Anthony R. Jauriqui was forced to…