United States v. Woods

Opinion of the Court

COX, Judge:

The accused is pending trial before a general court-martial on the following charge and specification:

Charge: Violation of the UCMJ, Article 134[, 10 USC § 934],

Specification: In that Hospitalman Robert A. Woods, U.S. Navy, Naval Medical Clinic, Norfolk, Virginia, on active duty, in or around Virginia Beach, Virginia, sometime between 14-28 November 1987, then knowing that his seminal fluid contained a deadly virus (Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus 3) capable of being transmitted sexually, and having been counseled regarding infecting others, an act that he knew…