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U.S. v. Rasnick, 58 M.J. 9

Decided Jan 17, 2003 · No. 02-0851/AF · 2003 Term · Opinion (PDF)

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Trial Stages: Sentence and Punishment: Instructions

  1. although the word "ineradicable" is an appropriate means of describing the future impact of a punitive discharge in an instruction to members on sentencing, it is not the exclusive means of doing so; instructions are sufficient to require members to consider the enduring stigma of a punitive discharge if they adequately advise the members that such a discharge is a severe punishment, that it would entail specified adverse consequences, and that it would affect the accused's future with regard to his legal rights, economic opportunities, and social acceptability
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