United States v. Ward

Opinion of the Court

The issue in this case concerns the propriety of the military judge’s examination of the sentence portion of the accused’s pretrial agreement with the convening authority. We sustained the procedure in United States v Villa, 19 USCMA 564, 42 CMR 166 (1970). Accordingly, the decision of the United States Army Court of Military Review is affirmed.

(dissenting):

I dissent.

I disagree with my brothers’ decision in this ease for the reasons set forth in my separate opinion in United States v Villa, 19 USCMA 564, 42 CMR 166 (1970).