Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. RAMON C. OJEDA-VEGA, 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. 592
Docket Number: No. 22,282
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v RAMON C. OJEDA-VEGA, Private, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn concurs.
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Volume: 18
Pages: 592–592

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v RAMON C. OJEDA-VEGA, Private, U. S. Marine Corps, Appellant
18 USCMA 592, 40 CMR 304
No. 22,282
September 19, 1969
Captain John N. Stafford, USMCR, was on the pleadings for Appellant, Accused.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles J. Keever, USMC, was on the pleadings for Appellee, United States.

Opinion:
Opinion of the Court
Darden, Judge:
Having entered a plea of guilty, the accused was then convicted by a special court-martial at Camp Pendleton, California, of absence without leave, in violation of Article 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 886. The providence of his plea is now questioned.
The inquiry made in this case regarding the plea is comparable to that found in United States v Care, 18 USCMA 535, 40 CMR 247. The procedure followed, however, would not meet the standard that must apply to cases tried thirty days after the decision in United States v Care, supra. Regardless, we have no doubt that the guilty plea is provident, for the accused, in mitigation, admitted the unauthorized absence charged, explaining that his action was dictated by family problem's.
Accordingly, the decision of the board of review is affirmed.
Chief Judge Quinn concurs.