United States v. Storms

DECISION

EARLY, Chief Judge:

Tried by general court-martial, military judge alone, the accused was convicted, despite his pleas, of taking indecent liberties with a female under the age of 16 years, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. The approved sentence extends to a dishonorable discharge, confinement at hard labor for one year and reduction to airman basic.

Appellate defense counsel assign four errors for our consideration. In the first, they assert:

*625THE COMPLAINING WITNESS WAS NEITHER SWORN NOR AFFIRMED WHEN SHE TESTIFIED AT TRIAL.

We disagree.

The…