United States v. McDonald

PRICE, Senior Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant stands convicted of taking indecent liberties with his adopted daughter (two specifications), communicating indecent language to her, and soliciting her to commit carnal knowledge with him, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. A general court-martial consisting of officer and enlisted members sentenced him to confinement for five years, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a dishonorable discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence as adjudged, but, in an act of clemency, waived…