United States v. Winkler

OPINION OF THE COURT

CARNE, Senior Judge:

Appellant was convicted, pursuant to his pleas of guilty, of maiming, in violation of Article 124, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 924, and assault on a child under the age of sixteen years, in violation of Article 128, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 928. The offenses arose out of separate instances of particularly cruel treatment of two children adopted by the appellant and his wife, a boy approximately one and one-half years of age and a girl approximately two and one-half years old. The appellant raised only one error regarding the providence…