United States v. Mitchell

MOLLISON, Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal concerns the providence of guilty pleas to specifications alleging violations of a state penal code, prosecuted at trial by special court-martial under Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 934, and the Federal Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13.

Consistent with his pleas, the appellant was found guilty of one specification of violating a lawful general regulation by wrongfully possessing dangerous weapons, one specification of wrongfully possessing an unauthorized armed forces identification card, and two…