United States v. Scott

Opinion of the Court

Duncan, Judge:

Pursuant to his plea of guilty, the appellant was convicted by special court-martial of several offenses, including, a specification (specification 2, Charge I) alleging violation of “a lawful general regulation, to wit: Paragraph 5f.(2) to United States Army Pacific [USA.RPAC] Regulation 190-30, dated 24 November 1969, by wrongfully having iu ins possession four needles.”1 We granted review to consider whether the appellant’s plea of guilty to specification 2, Charge I, was provident.

Appellate defense counsel contend that since the stated purpose of USARPAC…