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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

UNITED STATES, Appellee v PAUL J. SCAGLIONE, Lance Corporal, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
    18 USCMA 577, 40 CMR 289
    No. 22,008
    September 19, 1969
    
      Lieutenant Scott M. Feldman, JAGC, USNR, was on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused. ■ •
    
      Captain Patricia A. Murphy, USMC, was on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.
   Opinion of the Court

Darden, Judge:

The accused pleaded guilty to the possession of marihuana and to conspiring to possess marihuana, in violation of Articles 134 and 81, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 934 and 881, respectively.

The law officer’s exploration into the providency of ’ the guilty plea is comparable to the examination that was found adequate in United States v Care, 18 USCMA'535, 40 CMR 247. Moreover, the accused, in mitigation, admitted that he had done wrong and knew that he would be punished. The procedure followed in this case, however, would not meet the standard that must apply to cases tried thirty days after the decision in United States v Care, supra.

The decision of the board of review is affirmed.

Chief Judge Quinn concurs.

FERGUSON, Judge:

I dissent. See my dissenting opinion in United States v Care, 18 USCMA 535, 40 CMR 247.