United States v. Outin

CLARK, Judge:

Contrary to the appellant’s pleas, a general court-martial panel of members convicted him of maiming his wife’s eight-week old daughter by immersing her in a scalding liquid, in violation of Article 124, Uniform Code of Military Justice [UCMJ], 10 U.S.C. § 924. The appellant was sentenced to confinement for 1 year, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction to pay grade E-l, and a dishonorable discharge. The convening authority approved the sentence.

*605The appellant’s assignments of error1 challenge his conviction, his sentence, and the impartiality of this court. We have…