United States v. Williams

OPINION OF THE COURT

RABY, Senior Judge:

Appellant was convicted of rape of a female under the age of sixteen in violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 920 (1982) [hereinafter cited as UCMJ]. The victim, S.R.B., was appellant’s step-daughter and was six years old at the time of the incident.1 Appellant was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for seven years and reduction to the grade of Private E-l. The convening authority approved the sentence.

Appellant asserts that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the finding of guilty of…