United States v. Hines

DECISION

MILLER, Judge:

Tried before a general court-martial with members, the accused was convicted of *730committing various indecent, lewd, and lascivious acts with, and sodomizing his dependent step-daughters in violation of Articles 125 and 134, U.C.M.J., 10 U.S.C. §§ 925, 934. His approved sentence extends to a bad conduct discharge, confinement at hard labor for two years, and reduction to airman basic.

All three eyewitnesses to the offenses (the victims and their mother, who was the wife of the accused) honored subpoenas that required them to appear at trial. Once sworn, however, all three…