We had a guy our graduation week. My take was - he finally got caught because there just seemed no way that you can suddenly make that kind of an error at the end of it all.
Regardless- - it's a very depressing feeling when you watch the honor court roll out in the middle of the night and hear that name read off. But there isn't anyone there for more than a couple of weeks who doesn't understand that the honor code is a one shot deal and you don't play games with honor issues.
Just how does a cadet go home and try and explain that one. Abject humiliation. It is hard not to visualize that pain. Still, them are the rules and a First, above all, knows them. Frankly, the single sanction system is one of the big reasons my DS picked VMI. Sometimes, bright lines are the only thing that will suffice.