United States v. Evans

OPINION OF THE COURT

THORNOCK, Judge:

Appellant was tried by a general court-martial with members in the Federal Republic of Germany as a principal in a five-man rape of a sixteen-year-old German girl in violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 920. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge and confinement at hard labor for seven years. This case is before us for mandatory review as required by Article 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866.

Appellant urges as error inter alia that the evidence at trial was insufficient to prove appellant’s guilt beyond a reasonable…