5 M.J. 198 | United States Court of Military Appeals | 1978
Opinion of the Court
We granted review to determine whether the appellant was prejudiced by the use of a record of conviction by a summary court-martial to allow additional punishment under SECTION B, paragraph 127c, Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1969 (Revised edition).
In United States v. Booker, 5 M.J. 238 (C.M.A.1977), the Court concluded that the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Middendorf v. Henry, 425 U.S. 25, 96 S.Ct. 1281, 47 L.Ed.2d 556 (1976), required rejection of summary court-martial convictions for the purpose of the escalation clause of the cited Manual provision. Left for consideration is whether the Booker opinion will be applied retroactively. Applying the criteria set forth in Stovall v. Denno, 388 U.S. 293, 87 S.Ct. 1967, 18 L.Ed.2d 1199 (1967),
In this regard, we note that the retroactive application of Booker could adversely affect the trial of any case which not only involved the escalation clause, but any court-martial where records of Article 15 and 20
The decision of the United States Navy • Court of Military Review is affirmed.
. Those criteria are: “(a) the purpose to be served by the new standards, (b) the extent of the reliance by law enforcement authorities on the old standards, and (c) the effect on the administration of justice of a retroactive application of the new standards.” Stovall v. Denno, 388 U.S. 293, 297, 87 S.Ct. 1967, 1970, 18 L.Ed.2d 1199 (1967).
. Articles 15 and 20, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 815 and 820, respectively.