Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Private First Class Jerry L. MATHEWS, SSN [ XXX-XX-XXXX ], United States Army, Appellant
Court: United States Army Court of Military Review
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1978-05-17
Citations: 5 M.J. 665
Docket Number: SPCM 13189
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Private First Class Jerry L. MATHEWS, SSN [ XXX-XX-XXXX ], United States Army, Appellant.
Judges: Before CLAUSEN, CARNE and COOK, Appellate Military Judges.
Reporter: West's Military Justice Reporter
Volume: 5
Pages: 665–666

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Private First Class Jerry L. MATHEWS, SSN [ XXX-XX-XXXX ], United States Army, Appellant.
SPCM 13189.
U. S. Army Court of Military Review.
17 May 1978.
Colonel Robert B. Clarke, JAGC, Major Benjamin A. Sims, JAGC, Captain Carlos A. Vallecillo, JAGC, and Captain Kevin E. O’Brien, JAGC, were on the pleadings for appellant.
Colonel Thomas H. Davis, JAGC, Lieutenant Colonel R. R. Boller, JAGC, Captain Laurence M. Huffman, JAGC, and Captain Paul W. Jacobson, JAGC, were on the pleadings for appellee.
Before CLAUSEN, CARNE and COOK, Appellate Military Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
COOK, Judge:
In an effort to comply with United States v. Booker, 5 M.J. 238 (C.M.A.1977), the trial judge in this case interrogated the appellant concerning the admissibility of an Article 15, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 10 U.S.C. § 815, record. The judge, however, failed to advise the appellant preliminarily of his right to decline to answer such inquiries. This is violative of the appellant's rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. United States v. Gordon, 5 M.J. 653 (A.C.M.R. 28 April 1978).
We find beyond a reasonable doubt, however, that the admission of this item of evidence did not inure to the prejudice of the appellant. United States v. Moore, 1 M.J. 390 (C.M.A.1976); United States v. Ward, 1 M.J. 176 (C.M.A.1975).
The findings of guilty and the sentence are AFFIRMED.
Senior Judge CARNE concurs.