United States v. Allison

Opinion of the Court

GIERKE, Judge:

A general court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members convicted appellant, on mixed pleas, of failure to repair, willfully disobeying a superior commissioned officer (2 specifications), making a false official statement, and sodomy (2 specifications), in violation of Articles 86, 90, 107, and 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886, 890, 907, and 925, respectively. The victim of the sodomy offenses was appellant’s step-son, ST. Appellant also was charged with assaulting ST, in violation of Article 128, UCMJ, 10 USC § 928, but he was…