United States v. Wilhelm

OPINION OF THE COURT

SNYDER, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, appellant stands convicted by general court-martial of five specifications of assault and battery upon *892his wife, in violation of Article 128, UCMJ (10 U.S.C. § 928 (1988)).1 He was sentenced to confinement for 12 months and reduction to E-l. He raises 11 assignments of error, of which only three merit extensive comment. Finding no error prejudicial to the substantive rights of appellant, we affirm.

The charges arose out of appellant’s contentious marriage. The evidence establishes that, on different occasions, appellant struck his wife,…