United States v. Pariso

OPINION OF THE COURT

SOYBEL, Judge:

The appellant pled guilty at a general court-martial, comprised of a military judge, to wrongful use of Tylenol III in violation of Article 112a, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 912a. He was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 60 days, and reduction to E-1.

On appeal he raises two issues. First, the appellant asserts his guilty plea to wrongfully ingesting prescription medication is improvident because he stated during the Care inquiry that he thought he had been previously prescribed the medication, yet the military judge failed to explore the…