United States v. Reedy

OPINION OF THE COURT

DRIBBEN, Judge:

Appellant alleges that the guilty plea in this case is improvident because the military judge’s inquiry failed to comply completely with the requirements announced by the United States Court of Military Appeals in United States v. Green, 1 M.J. 453 (1976).

As I read the Green requirements, the trial judge, as part of the providency inquiry in a guilty plea case:

1. must assure on the record that the accused understands the meaning and effect of each condition in the pre-trial agreement (emphasis from the Green decision),

2. must obtain the same assurance from…