United States v. Leverette

OPINION OF THE COURT

FULTON, Senior Judge:

In this appeal, the appellant challenges the providency of his plea of guilty to a charge of violating regulations. We must decide whether a soldier on leave visiting an installation to which he is not assigned, who violates general regulations governing the installation, may be subjected to punishment under Article 92(1) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 892(1) (1976), which does not require that actual knowledge of the regulation be proved.

The regulation in question is Headquarters 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort…