United States v. Payne

Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

The accused was convicted of having committed a lewd and lascivious act on the body of a female under sixteen years of age, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. Intermediate appellate authorities have affirmed the findings and sentence with*189out change. We granted, review to consider whether the law officer erred by not granting the special instruction requested by the defense for basing a conviction upon uncorroborated testimony given by an alleged victim in a trial for a…