Court Opinion

ID: 9836945
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-02 03:15:37.773319+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:45:19.451093
License: Public Domain

EFFRON, Judge
(concurring in part and in the result):
To the extent that the majority opinion relies upon the admission into evidence of material that logically relates to the specific aspects of this case (e.g., suggesting sexual abuse of the superior-subordinate relationship or coercive sexual conduct in a military-type environment), I concur. The remaining materials at issue, which relate to the general sexual interests of appellant, are of questionable relevance under Mil.R.Evid. 401 and 402 under the circumstances of this case. I *463concur on the grounds that admission of such material in this case was harmless under Mil.R.Evid. 401^403, particularly in light of the admissible material and appellant’s acknowledgement of his sexual interests.