United States v. Crowley

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Chief Judge:

This Court has granted review in the present case on the following assignment of error:

WHETHER THE MILITARY JUDGE’S INQUIRY INTO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PRETRIAL AGREEMENT WAS INSUFFICIENT TO COMPLY WITH THIS COURT’S MANDATE.

Review of the record of trial indicates that the military judge only substantially complied with the requirements denominated in United States v. Green, 1 M.J. 453 (C.M.A.1976), for accepting a valid guilty plea. Such a level of compliance was clearly rejected in United States v. King, 3 M.J. 458, 459 (C.M.A.1977). Yet,…