United States v. Solorio

Judge BRIDGMAN

concurring in part and dissenting in part.

I agree with the Court’s holding that the trial judge erred, as a matter of law, in determining the impact of this offense on the morale and discipline of the Coast Guard in Juneau and that a determination should have been made as to the impact, if any, on the accused’s present command and the Coast Guard community as a whole. In addition to the matters discussed in the majority opinion, I note that the judge’s essential findings may have been based on an erroneous standard, where the judge stated “the impact of the alleged offenses ...…