United States v. Cook

Opinion of the Court

Kilday, Judge:

Despite a plea of not guilty, the appellant was convicted by a Navy special court-martial of one specification of sodomy, in violation of Article 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 925. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, restriction to the limits of his barracks for sixty days and reduction to the pay grade of E-1. Intermediate appellate authorities approved and we granted appellant’s petition to determine whether the evidence was sufficient to corroborate his confession.

It is a sound principle of law that no person shall be convicted…