United States v. Lingle

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

Contrary to his pleas the appellant was convicted of assaulting Tiffany Pankow, his girl friend’s three and a half year old daughter, by breaking the child’s arm, beating her on the face, buttocks and genitalia and hitting her in the stomach with his fist hard enough to break a blood vessel in her duodenum. He was sentenced to a bad conduct discharge, confinement for one year, total forfeitures, and reduction to airman. '

The victim’s mother, Linda Pankow, lived with the appellant from 1 November 1986 until 19 May 1987. Beginning in the fall of 1986 various…