Name: Novis K. Wiley
Case: United States v. Wiley No. No. 96-1309
Date Of Conviction: June 4, 1997
Plea: Guilty
Charges: Indecent Acts On 7 Year Old Child
Military Branch: U.S. Airforce
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Tried at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of committing indecent acts on a female under the age of 16 (2 specifications) and taking indecent liberties with a female under the age of 16, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934.
The military judge sentenced appellant to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for 8 years, total forfeitures, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. In accordance with a pretrial agreement, the convening authority reduced the confinement to 6 years and disapproved the forfeitures, but approved the remainder of the adjudged sentence.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the findings in an unpublished opinion but reduced the confinement to 5 years and 6 months to cure an evidentiary error in the sentencing hearing.
When appellant’s case was referred to trial, he was charged with rape, sodomy, committing indecent acts, and taking indecent liberties. The victim of all these offenses was his 7-year-old stepdaughter.
The rape and sodomy were alleged to have occurred on divers occasions between December 26, 1992, and May 31, 1994. The indecent acts and indecent liberties were alleged to have occurred on divers occasions between July 1, 1992, and May 31, 1994.
Appellant pleaded guilty to committing the indecent acts and the indecent liberties occurring during a shorter period than originally charged, i.e., from July 1, 1992, to July 31, 1993.
He pleaded not guilty to rape and sodomy, and those charges were withdrawn upon acceptance of his pleas of guilty, in accordance with a pretrial agreement.