United States v. Goodin

*161Opinion of the Court

Ferguson, Judge:

The issue in this case is the same as in United States v Bowman, 20 USCMA 119, 42 CMR 311 (1970) ,1 where we reversed for failure of the law officer to comply with the requirements laid down by this Court in United States v Donohew, 18 USCMA 149, 39 CMR 149 (1969). See also United States v Fortier, 19 USCMA 149, 41 CMR 149 (1969); United States v Scott, 19 USCMA 383, 41 CMR 383 (1970); United States v Carter, 20 USCMA 146, 42 CMR 338 (1970).

In Donohew, we placed upon the law officer the personal responsibility for determining, by direct questioning, whether…