Court Opinion

ID: 9836770
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-02 03:15:00.849289+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:29:20.253169
License: Public Domain

SULLIVAN, Judge
(concurring in part and in the result):
I agree that in a plain-error case the burden is on appellant to show error which *417“materially prejudice[d] ... substantial rights.” Article 59(a), UCMJ, 10 USC § 859(a). I also agree that in determining whether such prejudice exists, the appellate court must look at how the outcome of the proceedings was impacted by the error. Anything said in United States v. Powell, 49 MJ 460 (1998), to the contrary, should be disregarded as dicta.
As for the second issue in this case, I disagree that waiver occurred in this case. However, I agree there was no plain error shown in this case and can join the majority in affirming. Appellant did not show that her pretrial assignment and treatment was intended as punishment. See Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 99 S.Ct. 1861, 60 L.Ed.2d 447 (1979).