United States v. Rodko

OPINION OF THE COURT

CREAN, Senior Judge:

Contrary to his pleas, the appellant was convicted by a special court-martial composed of enlisted members of carnal knowledge and indecent acts with his thirteen-year-old natural daughter, in violation of Articles 120 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 920 and 934 (1982). The convening authority approved the adjudged sentence of a bad-conduct discharge.

This case is a classic swearing contest between the daughter victim and the father assailant. The government’s case consisted solely of the testimony of the appellant’s daughter,…