Name: Andre M. Sanders
Case: U.S. v. Sanders
Date Of Appeal: April 15, 2009
Plea: Not Guilty
Charges: Aggravated Assault
Military Branch: U.S. Air Force
Listed In National Sex Offenders Registry? NO
A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted Appellant, contrary to his pleas, of forcible sodomy, assault, and indecent assault. Articles 125, 128, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. §§ 925, 928, 934 (2000). The military judge sentenced Appellant to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for fourteen years, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The CCA affirmed the findings and sentence.
Over a one-month period during the summer of 2004, Appellant anally sodomized a woman by force while using a plastic grocery bag as a makeshift condom; struck another woman on the head with his fists; and forcibly penetrated a third woman’s vagina with his fingers.
Decision
The decision of the United States Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals is affirmed.