Federal Evidence blog has a nice update on S.448 which is the Senate version of H.R. 985. Basically, although termed the “Free Flow of Information Act,” it is the reporters privilege rule that has been circulating for some time now. Actual status? According to the bloggers: Whether the Senate Judiciary Committee adopts the revision to…
Continue reading ›United States v. Garcia. This case deals with the ongoing perplexing issue in Coast Guard (and Air Force) cases where recorded Article 32’s are not done and where the defense is prohibited from making their own recording. A secondary issue was a removal of defense counsel without the client’s consent. CGCCA found no constitutional violation…
Continue reading ›Stars & Stripes reports: A Navy doctor faces 24 counts of wrongful sexual contact and is accused of assaulting at least 15 patients he treated in Japan and Kuwait since 2007.
Continue reading ›The Arizona Star net reports: Air Force personnel “scattered like cockroaches” when deputies were called to a rowdy house party on Tucson’s south side that left one airman dead and another accused of his murder, a military jury heard Tuesday.
Continue reading ›Military.com reports: Prosecutors brought felony charges Monday against an Army reservist who allegedly stalked Ryan Seacrest, including showing up at the “American Idol” host’s studio and attacking one of his bodyguards. Uzomah is a sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve and serves as a combat medic[.] Uzomah could be subject to Army discipline and may…
Continue reading ›Navy Times reports: A senior Coast Guard official was charged Tuesday with multiple offenses, including sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming of an officer and gentleman. Newsminer.com reports: He is accused of sexual improprieties involving multiple women – some identified as enlisted Coast Guard personnel – in numerous locations around Alaska and the Lower 48.…
Continue reading ›Arizona Star is reporting: Court-martial proceedings got underway today for a Davis-Monthan airman accused of killing another D-M airman in 2007.
Continue reading ›For those following developments in United States v. Blazier, here are some status updates on Briscoe v. Virginia, from Prof. Friedman. In Blazier (and a somewhat similar case) CAAF has granted the following issues: No. 09-0441/AF. U.S. v. Joshua C. BLAZIER. CCA 36988. Review granted on the following issue: WHETHER, IN LIGHT OF CRAWFORD v.…
Continue reading ›A former Army soldier who claims he put child pornography on his cell phone to help law enforcement catch those who produced the images was sentenced Monday to 18 months in federal prison. www.azstarnet.com
Continue reading ›CAAFLog is reporting that CAAF has granted the following issue in United States v. Blazier. Whether, in light of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), Appellant was denied meaningful cross-examination of government witnesses in violation of his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation when the military judge did not compel the government to produce essential…
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