Marine Corps Times reports: Col. Robert G. Petit, commander of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune, N.C., was relieved of command Saturday following his arrest a week ago in connection with a theft at Walmart in Jacksonville. Here is a link to my prior post and post here on Wil Cupchik and his…
Continue reading ›Fayobserver reports: Timothy Hennis’ trial record is now in the hands of Maj. Gen. Rodney Anderson, Fort Bragg’s acting commanding general, a Fort Bragg spokeswoman said Friday. Hennis’ attempt at a new court-martial was denied late last month by a military judge, meaning his case now moves to Fort Bragg’s commanding general for review. The…
Continue reading ›Fayobserver observes: A military judge has denied Timothy Hennis’ request for a new trial. NorthestNavigator 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,…
Continue reading ›Navy Times reports: The Navy says it’s discharging 16 Sailors assigned to the amphibious ship Bataan for using or dealing the banned synthetic drug Spice. Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: What punishment did the Schofield Barracks soldier receive for killing a civilian worker in Iraq in 2009? He was supposed to have been court-martialed last summer.
Continue reading ›Evan Schaeffer at illinoistrialpractice.com has this post: In the new book, Your Witness: Lessons on Cross-Examination, there is a chapter titled “Cross-Examining the Liar” by Chicago lawyer Dan Webb. Webb, who has cross-examined scores of liars during his long career, begins the chapter by describing the two requirements that must be present before you even…
Continue reading ›Thanks to federalevidencereview.com here is an interesting case about preserving the issue for appeal. In this case there was a pretrial motion and the judge denied the defense its requested relief. The government claimed the plain error standard would apply, as at trial the defendant failed to preserve the issue for appeal. The Tenth Circuit…
Continue reading ›Navy Times reports: The command master chief of the Japan-based destroyer Stethem has been fired after being arrested in connection with a drunken-driving incident, according to a 7th Fleet spokesman. The relief of Command Master Chief (SW/AW) Kelvin Coleman on Jan. 22 marks the second firing of a command’s top enlisted sailor so far this…
Continue reading ›Three of which have discussion. United States v. Hohman. It’s a Marine case along the lines of Hutchins, et. al. The Government alleges the military judge erred in abating the court-martial proceedings until the appellee’s previously detailed military defense counsel is returned to the defense team. Subsequent to the Government’s filing of the interlocutory appeal,…
Continue reading ›Navy Times has a little more information on the USNA spice “case.” The Navy expelled the seven mids three months after investigators seized a notebook page that suggests one or more midshipmen had hatched the layout for a spice ring. The notebook page seized by Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents appears to detail a makeshift…
Continue reading ›The Colorado Springs Gazette reports: A Fort Carson soldier was sentenced Sunday to 10 years in prison for killing two of his friends while driving drunk last year. Fayobserver.com reports: Military police have identified suspects in the shooting of a 23-year-old Fort Bragg soldier on Yadkin Road Sunday morning. I would imagine this means that…
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