United States v. Costello

Opinion of the Court

At his special court-martial, appellant was convicted of specifications alleging, inter alia, that on April 8, 1982, he struck his named superior commissioned officer who was then in the execution of his office “in the chest with his open hands”; that on April 8, 1982, he willfully disobeyed a lawful command from the same named superior commissioned officer to “halt”; and that on April 8, 1982, he “resisted] being lawfully apprehended by” the same named officer, in violation of Articles 90 and 95, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 890 and 895, respectively. We…