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Volume 23, The Jury Expert, is now online. It’s Deja Vu All Over Again: More Thoughts on Doing Effective Voir Dire by Charlotte A. Morris. The Influence of Jurors’ Perceptions of Attorneys and Their Performance on Verdict, by Steve M. Wood, Lorie L. Sicafuse, Monica K. Miller, and Julianna C. Chomos

In United States v. Hayes, appellant plead guilty. However, during his sentencing case the appellant’s unsworn statement sets forth matter clearly inconsistent with his admission of culpability. Specifically, the appellant raises the possible defense of duress upon which there is no inquiry by the trial judge. Duress is a defense to a crime if the…

An unnamed source has revealed that the Navy is in the final iteration of a new order to combat mind altering substances. The source notes that a proposal is in the works to place all Thai food, Indian food, and similar specialty restaurants off-limits. They are hoping to cut-off the spicy foods defense thinking back…

newsmax.com reports: Navy Capt. Owen P. Honors, removed from command of one of the Navy’s most powerful warships and under investigation for ribald videos made to amuse his crew, is getting moral support from an unexpected quarter — gay sailors who served under his command. Interviews with sailors on the Enterprise at the time, including…

Navy Compass reports: Navy leaders are expressing alarm at recent statistics that show that sailors’ use of “Spice” and similar so-called designer drugs rose in the last quarter of 2010. Spice and similar products are essentially an herbal, synthetic form of marijuana, mimicking the chemical compounds found in the drug. These products are banned for…

Wired.com reports: Army commanders were warned against sending to Iraq an Army private who is suspected of leaking hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s supervisor at Ft. Drum in New York had told his superiors that Manning had discipline problems and had thrown chairs at colleagues and…

News&Tribune reports: A pretrial investigation into the death of a Henryville woman, allegedly murdered by her husband, a U.S. Army solder from New Albany, is still ongoing. WITN reports: WITN News has learned that the former commander at Cherry Point is now facing military charges in connection with his drunk driving arrest.

Dayton Daily News reports: William C. Gurney, former top enlisted man at the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was sentenced at his court-martial on Friday to 20 months in military prison. Air Force Times reports: The Air Force Academy is investigating about 25 cadets for allegedly using the illegal marijuana…

United States v. Luke. ERDMANN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BAKER, J., joined. RYAN, J., filed a separate concurring opinion. STUCKY, J., filed a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. EFFRON, C.J., filed a separate dissenting opinion. We now review the following three issues: whether newly discovered evidence…

Behind the barricades: infiltration of Navy court-room San Diego – success, Article 39A – complete, exfiltration Navy court-room San Diego – success. NewsFirst5.com reports: Spc. Jordan Peters is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of driving under the influence, one count of reckless endangerment and one count of assault. The charges stem…