United States v. Austin

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHNSON, Judge:

Appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of officer and enlisted members and convicted, contrary to his pleas, of sodomy of a child under the age of sixteen years, and communicating indecent language to, and committing indecent acts with, a child under the age of sixteen years, in violation of Articles 125 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 925 and 934 (1982). The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for ten years, total forfeitures, and reduction to Private E1.

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