United States v. Muirhead

OLIVER, Judge:

Officer and enlisted members sitting as a general court-martial convicted the appellant, contrary to his pleas, of assaulting his 6-year-old stepdaughter with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, in violation of Article 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 928 (1994)[hereinafter UCMJ]. His sentence included confinement for 2 years, forfeiture of all pay and allowances,1 reduction to the lowest enlisted pay grade, and a bad-conduct discharge. On 29 May 1996 the convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged.

We have reviewed the record of trial, the…