Legal Opinion
United States v. Care
United States Court of Military Appeals
Decided August 29, 1969No. 21,983PublishedCited by 936 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
Darden, Judge:
The Court selected this case for a grant of review to consider again the extent to which a law officer or a president of a special court-martial must question an accused about the latter’s actions and his understanding of the law applicable to these actions before accepting a guilty plea.
Private Care pleaded guilty to desertion, in violation of Article 85, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 885. Under the terms of a pretrial agreement, the convening authority would approve no sentence in excess of a bad-conduct discharge, total forfeitures, and…
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