Legal Opinion

United States v. Sales

United States Court of Military Appeals

Decided August 18, 1986No. 50,508; ACM 24219PublishedCited by 971 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court

EVERETT, Chief Judge:

A general court-martial at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, tried appellant on charges that he had raped a female airman and had forced her to commit sodomy with him, in violation of Articles 120 and 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 920 and 925, respectively. Sales pleaded not-guilty; but, by exceptions and substitutions, he was convicted of committing lewd and lascivious acts1 and of consensual sodomy. The court members sentenced appellant to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 6 months, total forfeitures, and reduction to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

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