United States v. Koppen

OPINION OF THE COURT

GONZALES, Judge:

Pursuant to his pleas, the appellant was found guilty, by a military judge sitting as a general court-martial, of carnal knowledge, sodomy, and indecent acts with his 13-year-old step-daughter in violation of Articles 120, 125, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 920, 925, and 934 (1988) [hereinafter UCMJ]. The appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for thirteen years, and reduction to Private El. Cognizant of the terms of appellant’s pretrial agreement,1 the convening authority suspended that part of the…