United States v. Cabral

OPINION OF THE COURT

PEARSON, Senior Judge:

Court members convicted appellant of sexually abusing a friend’s 4-year-old daughter, Jessica, and sentenced him to a dishonorable discharge, 7 years confinement, and reduction to E-l, which the convening authority approved. Appellant contends the military judge erred in admitting a videotaped interview with Jessica under the miscellaneous, or residual, exception to the hearsay rule; a nurse gave inadmissible testimony about Jessica’s injuries; the prosecutor made an improper closing argument; and his sentence is too severe. We find the alleged errors…