United States v. Cottrell

OPINION OF THE COURT

McLAUTHLIN, Judge:

Consistent with his pleas, Major William J. Cottrell, Jr. was convicted of Article 134, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 934, offenses of fraternization and adultery.1 His approved sentence is dismissal from the Air Force. We find appellant’s plea to fraternization improvident, and set aside that portion of his conviction.

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Cottrell entered active duty in January 1978. From July 1987 to November 1989, he was the senior nurse anesthetist for the hospital at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. He has been married since November 1969.

From October 1988 until October 1989,…