United States v. Shockley

Opinion of the Court

FERGUSON, Judge:

The accused was convicted by general court-martial of one specification each of sodomy and committing a lewd and lascivious act, in violation of Articles 125 and 134, Uniform Code of Military justice, 10 USC §§ 295 and 934, respectively. The convening authority disapproved and dismissed the conviction under Article 134. We granted review to consider the validity of the accused’s conviction for the offense of sodomy in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in O’Callahan v Parker, 395 US 258, 23 L Ed 2d 291, 89 S Ct 1683 (1969).

The record contains the…