U.S. v. Williams, 52 M.J. 218

Core Criminal Law Subjects: Crimes: Article 134 - Soliciting Another to Commit an Offense Pre-2019 offenses

1. solicitation under Article 134, UCMJ, requires a showing that the accused solicited or advised a certain person to commit an offense other than one of the four listed in Article 82, UCMJ; and, in this context, means an express or implicit invitation to join in a criminal plan
2. case reviews legal sufficiency of evidence to sustain conviction for solicitation

Core Criminal Law Subjects: Evidence: Accomplice Testimony

1. old Manual rule, which required corroboration when an accomplice’s testimony was self-contradictory, uncertain, or improbable, and which raised evidentiary sufficiency concerns, did not carry over to RCM 918(c), the Discussion to which notes only that any accomplice testimony “should be considered with great caution”