United States v. Patterson

Judge SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the Court.

During the Spring of 1998, appellant was tried by a general court-martial composed of a military judge sitting alone at Fort Benning, Georgia. Pursuant to his pleas, he was found guilty of 2 specifications of raping a child under 16 on divers occasions, 2 specifications of forcible sodomy of a child under 12 on divers occasions, 4 specifications of committing indecent acts with a child, disobedience of a lawful order, and damaging military property, in violation of Articles 120, 125, 134, 90, and 108, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§…