United States v. Blackwell

*551Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. Latimer, Judge:

A general court-martial convicted accused for carnal knowledge of his stepdaughter, a violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 920, and sentenced him to a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and confinement at hard labor for one year. The findings and sentence were approved by the convening authority, and the board of review affirmed. Thereafter, we granted review on an issue concerning the propriety of the law officer’s instructions.

The limited issue before us in the case at bar involves the same instruction with…