United States v. Anderson

*202Opinion of the Court

George W. Latimer, Judge:

The accused was convicted by a general court-martial of an offense of taking indecent liberties with a female child under sixteen years of age, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 934. He was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, total forfeitures, confinement at hard labor for five years, and reduction to the grade of seaman recruit. The findings and sentence were approved by the convening authority but subsequently they were reversed by a board of review for reasons which will be set forth shortly. Because of…