Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided March 20, 2017No. 16-0487/ARPublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge STUCKY
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Appellant is challenging his convictions for indecent liberties with a child and rape, arguing that each conviction was prejudiced by a different inadmissible statement from a Government witness. We hold that Appellant cannot establish material prejudice with respect to his conviction for rape, but that his indecent liberties conviction was prejudiced by improper testimony. We therefore reverse only Appellant’s conviction for indecent liberties with a child, setting aside the sentence and returning the record to the Judge Advocate General of the…
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