Court Opinion

ID: 8641753
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-24 20:15:21.716154+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:56:07.664669
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FLETCHER, Chief Judge
(dissenting):
I dissent. I cannot agree with the majority’s interpretation of Article 119(b)(2), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 919(b)(2), particularly their perception of the meaning of the term “while.” I believe that the term “while” properly “is a word of time and not of causation.” Romero v. Volunteer State Life Ins. Co., 10 Cal.App.3d 571, 88 Cal. Rptr. 820, 824 (1970). See Curl v. State, 40 Wis.2d 414, 162 N.W.2d 77 (1968). Cf. Anderson v. State, 231 Ga. 243, 201 S.E.2d 147 (1973); Hayes v. Ampex Corp., 85 N.M. 444, 512 P.2d 1280 (1973).