United States v. Rogers

Chief Judge ERDMANN

delivered the opinion of the court.1

Contrary to his pleas, Coast Guard Electrician’s Mate Third Class Matthew A. Rogers was convicted by a panel sitting as a general court-martial of, inter alia, two specifications of committing sexual assault, in violation of Article 120, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 920 (2012).2 Rogers was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, ten years of confinement, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and a reduction to E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged. On appeal, the CCA set aside several charges on grounds unrelated to the issue…