Court Opinion

ID: 8642478
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 20:16:27.514071+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:56:09.346884
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DeFORD, Judge,
concurring separately:
I would join my brothers views in this case except for the following statement set forth on page 654 of their opinion concerning United States v. Booker, 5 M.J. 238 (C.M.A.1977), “We agree with the Government that the Article 15 record of. punishment form establishes a valid written waiver, United States v. Washington, 5 M.J. 615 (A.C.M.R.1978).” In United States v. Washington, supra, by separate opinion, I expressed the view that the decision in United States v. Booker, supra, does not, at the present time, apply to the admission into evidence of non-judicial punishments during the sentencing portion of trials by court-martial. I adhere to that position, although I agree with the majority’s views concerning the violation of the appellant’s rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.