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UNITED STATES ARMY COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

                                   Before
                        HOLDEN, HOFFMAN, and SULLIVAN
                          Appellate Military Judges

                           UNITED STATES, Appellee
                                     v.
                         Private E2 JOHNNY E. ROMAN
                        United States Army, Appellant

                                ARMY 20070700

                         Headquarters, Fort Stewart
                       Donna M. Wright, Military Judge
             Colonel Margaret A. McDevitt, Staff Judge Advocate

For Appellant:  Colonel Christopher J. O’Brien, JA; Lieutenant Colonel
Steven C. Henricks, JA; Major Teresa L. Raymond, JA; Captain Nathan J.
Bankson, JA (on brief).

For Appellee:  Colonel John W. Miller II, JA; Major Elizabeth G. Marotta,
JA; Captain Larry W. Downend, JA; Captain Nicole L. Fish, JA (on brief).

                                14 March 2008

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                             SUMMARY DISPOSITION
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Per Curiam:

      In our review of the case under Article 66, Uniform Code of Military
Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866, we agree with appellant that the military judge
abused her discretion in accepting his plea of guilty to Specification 3 of
Charge I, failure to go to a 0615 accountability formation, when appellant
indicated during the providence inquiry he was not aware of the 0615 time
of the morning formation.  See Manual for Courts-Martial, United States
(2005 ed.), Part IV, para. 10.c.(2) (“that the accused actually knew of the
appointed time and place of duty”).  “If an accused ‘sets up matter
inconsistent with the plea’ at any time during the proceeding, the military
judge must either resolve the apparent inconsistency or reject the plea.”
United States v. Phillippe, 63 M.J. 307, 309 (C.A.A.F. 2006) (quoting
United States v. Garcia, 44 M.J. 496, 498 (C.A.A.F. 1996) (citations
omitted)).  Accordingly, we set aside the finding of guilty to and dismiss
Specification 3 of  Charge I.

      The remaining findings are affirmed.  Reassessing the sentence on the
basis of the error noted, the entire record, and applying the principles of
United States v. Sales, 22 M.J. 305 (C.M.A. 1986) and United States v.
Moffeit, including Judge

Baker’s concurring opinion, 63 M.J. 40, 43 (C.A.A.F. 2006), the court
affirms the sentence as adjudged.

                                  FOR THE COURT:

                                  MALCOLM H. SQUIRES, JR.
                                  Clerk of Court