United States v. Sperling

OPINION OF THE COURT

COSTELLO, Judge:

Upon his plea of guilty, appellant was convicted of rape, sodomy, attempted sodomy and escape from custody in violation of Articles 120, 125, 80, and 95, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 920, 925, 880 and 895, respectively. The sentence as negotiated and approved is set out above.

Two problems are before us. The first is an attack on the providence of appellant’s plea of guilty to the escape charge; the second is an assertion that the record of trial was not authenticated. We find merit in the first objection, but none in the second.

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