Case ID: cma_18/html/0576-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

UNITED STATES, Appellee v DWIGHT TAMPLIN, Private, First Class, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
    18 USCMA 576, 40 CMR 288
    No. 21,977
    September 19, 1969
    
      Lieutenant Allen D. Black, JAGO, USNR, was on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
    
      
      Colonel C. R. Larouche, USMC, was on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.
   Opinion of the Court

Darden, Judge:

The law officer’s scrutiny of the accused’s plea of guilty to the offenses of absence without leave, escape from custody, an'd assault, in violation of Articles 86, 95, and 128, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 886, 895, and 928, respectively, is similar to that found in United States v Care, 18 USCMA 535, 40 CMR 247. In addition, a stipulation of fact showing the crimes charged and this accused’s sworn statement in mitigation leave no doubt as to the validity of the plea. However, the procedure followed in this case 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, therefore, affirmed.

Chief Judge Quinn concurs.

Ferguson, Judge:

I concur in the result. See my dissent in United States v Care, 18 USCMA 535, 40 CMR 247.