United States v. Goodman

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

Tried by general court-martial, accused was convicted of two specifications of sodomy, in violation of Article 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 925, and sentenced to dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, and reduction to the lowest grade. The convening authority approved, without modification, the findings and sentence. A Navy board of review affirmed the conviction but reduced the sentence to bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and reduction to the pay grade of E-l. We granted the accused’s petition for review to consider:

Whether…