United States v. Cannon

DECISION

PRATT, Judge:

An adulterous affair between a C-130 pilot and the dependent wife of a maintenance crew chief led to the general court-martial of the pilot for conduct unbecoming an officer (adultery and sodomy) and willful disobedience of an order from his commander to stay away from the enlisted man’s wife, in violation of Articles 133 and 90, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 933, 890. The appellant was acquitted of the latter offenses, but was found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer through adultery on divers occasions and was sentenced by a panel of officers to a dismissal.

On appeal, the…