United States v. Aleman

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s refusal to apply this Court’s longstanding precedent. See, e.g., United States v. Brown, 45 M.J. 389, 394 (C.A.A.F.1996) (the majority rejected appellant’s argument challenging the anti-union statute, 10 U.S.C. § 976, and noted that “[a]n alternative ground for upholding appellant’s conviction would be to affirm the conviction for an offense closely related to the offense charged”); United States v. Epps, 25 M.J. 319 (C.M.A.1987)(upheld guilty plea for closely related offense). There is not a “substantial basis” in law or fact to set aside the plea…