United States v. Black

OPINION OF THE COURT AND ACTION ON PETITION FOR NEW TRIAL

GONZALES, Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was found guilty by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial of rape and forcible sodomy in violation of Articles 120 and 125, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 920 and 925 (1988) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence consisting of a dishonorable discharge, confinement for sixteen years, and reduction to Private El.1

Before this court the appellant asserts, inter alia, that the evidence is factually insufficient to support…