Case Name: UNITED STATES, Appellee v. OTIS B. LITTLEJOHN, Airman Apprentice, U. S. Navy, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Military Appeals
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1969-09-19
Citations: 18 C.M.A. 590
Docket Number: No. 22,238
Parties: UNITED STATES, Appellee v OTIS B. LITTLEJOHN, Airman Apprentice, U. S. Navy, Appellant
Judges: Chief Judge Quinn and Judge Ferguson concur.
Reporter: Decisions of the United States Court of Military Appeals
Volume: 18
Pages: 590–590

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES, Appellee v OTIS B. LITTLEJOHN, Airman Apprentice, U. S. Navy, Appellant
18 USCMA 590, 40 CMR 302
No. 22,238
September 19, 1969
Captain Frank A. Nelson, JAGC, USN, and Lieutenant Kenneth F. Ripple, JAGC, USNR, were 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:
Absent supplementing evidence, the president's pro forma inquiry does not satisfy us of the providency of appellant's plea of guilty to the absences here charged. Cf. United States v Care, 18 USCMA 535, 40 CMR 247. The decision of the board of review is reversed and the record of trial is returned to the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. A rehearing may be ordered.
Chief Judge Quinn and Judge Ferguson concur.