United States v. Bishop

Opinion of the Court

ROBERT E. QuiNN, Chief Judge:

A divided board of review reversed the accused’s conviction of a number ■of acts of sexual misconduct with his eleven-year-old stepdaughter. The Judge Advocate General of the Navy certified the record of trial to this Court for review on the following issue:

“Whether the Board of Review was correct in holding that the law officer erred to the prejudice of the accused in his questioning of the accused and of the victim’s mother.”

To prove the charges, the prosecution called the accused’s stepdaughter as its only witness. After a preliminary…