United States v. Quick

OPINION OF THE COURT

WOLD, Senior Judge: *

Contrary to his plea, appellant was found guilty by a general court-martial, which included officer and enlisted members, of committing lewd and lascivious acts on the body of another and of taking indecent liberties with a female under the age of sixteen. He now appeals from this conviction and argues, inter alia, that the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence certain out-of-court statements made by the victim, appellant’s five-year-old daughter, to her babysitter.

I

The incident from which this issue arises occurred late one evening when…