United States v. Ali

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’DONNELL, Judge:

The appellant was convicted of two acts of forcible sodomy and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The convening authority reduced the forfeitures to $334.00 pay per month for six months and otherwise approved the sentence.

Private First Class Roger Mitchell, who was the appellant’s roommate, testified that on two occasions approximately a week apart he awoke to find the appellant committing an act of oral sodomy on him. Each time, Mitchell went to the charge of quarters and prepared a…