Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. RICHARD L. MAINARD, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Military Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-06-05
Citations: 19 C.M.A. 488
Docket Number: No. 22,887
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v RICHARD L. MAINARD, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn concurs.
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Volume: 19
Pages: 488–488

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v RICHARD L. MAINARD, Private, U. S. Army, Appellant
19 USCMA 488, 42 CMR 90
No. 22,887
June 5, 1970
Colonel Daniel T. Ghent and Captain Monte Engler were on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
Major Edwin P. Wasinger was on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
Darden, Judge:
Evidence of Article 15 punishment was introduced after the court found the appellant guilty of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon committed on June 23, 1969. For the reasons stated in United States v Johnson, 19 USCMA 464, 42 CMR 66 (1970), this was error. The nature of the inadmissible evidence, the seriousness of the offenses charged, and a comparison of the punishment resulting with the maximum that could have been imposed convince us that the military judge was uninfluenced by the Article 15 punishment in sentencing Mainard. Accordingly, we affirm the decision of the Court of Military Review.
Chief Judge Quinn concurs.