United States v. Scott

BAUM, Chief Judge:

This case presents a scene of marital infidelity as old as history itself: an aggrieved spouse walking in unexpectedly on the mate and a partner flagrante delicto. Here, the wife, a Coast Guard petty officer, returned home prematurely from Coast Guard duties to find her husband, the accused, in bed with the 15 year old baby sitter. The ensuing angry confrontation prompted the accused to flee, drive away in an inebriated state, and remain absent from home and work for 13 days. In the process of his rapid departure, the wife, who blocked the accused’s exit, was knocked aside,…