Court Opinion

ID: 8647698
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 20:21:34.438576+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:56:22.989651
License: Public Domain

COX, Judge
(concurring):
See my concurring opinion in United States v. Penister, 25 M.J. 148, 153 (C.M.A.1987), where I state:
I do not construe Article 45, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 845, so strictly as to require an accused to admit unequivocally each and every element of an offense.
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A good trial judge can usually sort out the guilty plea and determine if an accused is so pleading because he has committed the offense charged. A good military judge will also make such a finding on the record, which is the true purpose of Article 45.