United States v. Baker

74 M.J. 265, 2015 CAAF LEXIS 187

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• Decided: February 11, 2015
• Docket: No. 15-0048/AR
• Status: Published

Opinion

CCA 20120839. On consideration of the granted issue, the judgment of the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals, United States v. Baker, No. 20120839 (A. Ct. Crim. App. Aug. 27, 2014), and the judgment of this Court in United States v. Phillips, No. 14-0199/AR (C.A.A.F. Jan. 6, 2015), we conclude that Appellant is not entitled to have his guilty plea to disobeying the order of his superior commissioned officer under Article 90, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 890 (2012), set aside. Appellant did not establish “a substantial basis in law or fact for questioning his guilty plea.” United States v. Inabinette, 66 M.J. 320, 322 (C.A.A.F. 2008). He failed to produce evidence that the superior commissioned officer issued the restriction order for the sole purpose of increasing the penalty that would apply if Appellant violated the restriction order. Therefore, it is ordered that the judgment of the United States Army Court of Criminal Appeals is hereby affirmed.