United States v. Crowley

OPINION OF THE COURT

MOUNTS, Judge:

The issue to be decided in this case is whether the appellant’s plea of guilty was provident when analyzed under the guidelines established by the United States Court of Military Appeals in United States v. Green.1

In the Green case, the Court stated: “We will view a failure to conduct a plea bargain inquiry as a matter affecting the providence of the accused's plea . . .”2

We find that the military judge did conduct a plea bargain inquiry in our case. The inquiry, however, did not contain all of the specific areas of inquiry set out in Green. In Green the…