Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. EUGENE G. GRAAN, Private, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Military Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1969-09-19
Citations: 18 C.M.A. 586
Docket Number: No. 22,183
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v EUGENE G. GRAAN, Private, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn concurs.
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Volume: 18
Pages: 586–587

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v EUGENE G. GRAAN, Private, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
18 USCMA 586, 40 CMR 298
No. 22,183
September 19, 1969
Lieutenant Norman A. Wulf, JAGC, USNR, was on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
Captain William S. Foss, USMCR, was on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
Darden, Judge:
The scrutiny given the providence of the appellant's plea of guilty to the offenses charged is not so dif ferent from that found in United States v Care, 18 USCMA 535, 40 CMR 247, as to require a different result. While the law officer did not announce each element of desertion, he did, on the other hand, draw from Graan the acknowledgment that defense counsel had explained each separate element. 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.
Accordingly, the decision of the board of review is affirmed.
Chief Judge Quinn concurs.