Court-Martial Trial Practice

All service members are encouraged to vote. You can make donations. You can attend political functions, but not in uniform. Here the Marine Times points out that there are some considerations and limits on political activity. DoDD 1344.10. In short, you are barred from doing online what you can’t do in person. Sgt. Gary Stein,…

Here’s an interesting piece in the Veterans Today. REPORT prepared for the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Military Law Committee Correction of Military Records and Judicial Review, has proven to be a shocker, and, should OUTRAGE every veteran ! Why you ask, well hold the phone. I would suggest this “report” is not news.…

I posted the other day about the defense refusal to cooperate in a scheduled R.C.M. 706 board. Mr. Galligan’s website now points to this CNN piece. The title of his posting is, “Army Attempts Last Minute Changes to Sanity Board.” The CNN piece makes several observations. The defense objects to the timing. The defense alleges…

Thanks to Raymond Ward’s the (new) legal writer here is an article about brief (motions?) writing. Prof. Ken Chestek of the Indiana University School of Law recently conducted a study, trying to determine empirically whether a brief with an element of storytelling is more persuasive or less persuasive than a purely logical, law-driven brief. He…

Evan Schaeffer has posted an interesting tip, reminder, on his Trial Practice Tips Weblog. There are two requirements for success in exposing the liar. First, you must be certain that you can establish that the witness has a “clear-cut motive to fabricate that the jury will understand”; Second, you must be certain that you have…

Tomorrow begins the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing, prefatory to a general court-martial. NPR leads with: Dozens of people will take the witness stand in a military courtroom over the next few weeks to describe the pain of bullets piercing their bodies and the sight of fellow soldiers lying in pools of blood. But this hearing…

Interesting, someone appears to have received a response to a request for information to APF. Courtesy of obamaconspiracy.org: From: Margaret Hemenway Date: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 11:07 AM Subject: Re: Request from the Safeguard our Constitution Website To: (——) (——), LTC Lakin worked with the Foundation over this past wk-end to ensure that our…

SCOTUSBlog notes two new petitions with potential impact on a court-martial practice under the UCMJ. Title: NIBCO, Inc. v. Rivera Docket: 10-383 Issue(s): (1) Whether a court of appeals must conduct a comparative juror analysis when reviewing a claim under Batson v. Kentucky, even though the comparative analysis was neither raised before nor considered by…

The other day I had posted about the unauthorized release of the Stryker Brigade Article 32 report and a Coast Guard report on the San Diego Bay incident. My question at the time was an appearing trend of unauthorized releases of Article 32, UCMJ, investigation reports. There is more on the Stryker Brigade case. The…

Air Force Times reports that: The court-martial of Airman 1st Class Dustin A. Miller will begin Nov. 8. The security forces patrolman faces charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon, aggravated assault inflicting grievous bodily harm and assault with the intent to commit murder. See prior postings about the Mackie (Trask) case…