United States v. Williams

Opinion of the Court

COX, Judge:

Appellant stands convicted of attempted sodomy, rape (2 specifications), sodomy upon a child under the age of 16, and committing indecent acts with a child under 16, representing a pattern of abusing his daughters, T and C, then 10 and 11 years old.1 At trial, T testified from the normal witness stand, while C testified from a chair in the center of the courtroom. C was seated outside the witness box, facing the military judge with the defense table to the immediate left of her chair. The purpose of the arrangement was to allow the accused to see the witness…