United
States v. Miller, 67 M.J. 87 (indecent acts
with another is a lesser
included offense to indecent liberties with a child, and contains
neither a
“physical presence” nor a “presence” requirement; the offense does
require that
the acts be done in conjunction or participating with another person;
there
must be some affirmative interaction between the accused and the victim
to
satisfy the “with another person” element; this interaction need not
take place
between two individuals who are located in the same physical space; but
the
victim must be more than an inadvertent or passive observer).
United
States v. Sims, 57 MJ 419 ("indecent" signifies
that form of immorality relating to sexual impurity which is not only
grossly
vulgar, obscene, and repugnant to common propriety, but tends to excite
lust
and deprave the morals with respect to sexual relations; an otherwise
lawful
sexual act may violate Article 134, UCMJ, if it is committed "openly
and
notoriously"; an act is "open and notorious" when the
participants know that a third person is present).
(where a sexual touching was committed in a private bedroom, with
the door
closed but unlocked, and where neither party had disrobed, appellant’s
conclusory stipulation was inadequate to establish a factual predicate
for
"open and notorious" sexual conduct; there was a substantial basis
for rejecting the plea as improvident, because appellant’s responses
and the
stipulation of fact state only the conclusion that it was reasonably
likely
under these circumstances that appellant’s act of touching would have
been seen
by others, but they do not provide the factual basis for that
conclusion).
2000
United
States v. Tollinchi, 54 MJ 80 (evidence that
appellant had
sexual intercourse with a woman in the presence of that woman’s
boyfriend is
sufficient to establish an indecent act).
1999
United
States v. Izquierdo, 51 MJ 421(fornication, committed
openly
and notoriously, is an aggravating circumstance sufficient to state an
offense
under Article 134, UCMJ).
(as an indecent act under Article 134, UCMJ, fornication is open and
notorious, flagrant, and discrediting to the military service if
committed in
the actual presence of others, when the participants know that a third
person
is present, or under circumstances where it is reasonable likely that
others
will view the act).
(evidence was legally sufficient to show that fornication was open
and
notorious where, although appellant hung a sheet between beds, two of
appellant’s roommates were present during the fornication and both were
suspicious of the activity behind the sheet).