Court-Martial Trial Practice

The U. S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Kentucky v. King. QUESTION PRESENTED: Police officers entered an apartment building in hot pursuit of a person who sold crack cocaine to an undercover informant. They heard a door slam, but were not certain which of two apartments the trafficker fled into. A strong odor of…

United States v. Blazier was argued at CAAF and you can hear the oral argument at this link. The U. S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Bullcoming v. New Mexico. Courtesy of CAAFLog here is the granted issue: Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce testimonial statements of a nontestifying forensic analyst…

NIMJ was able to send Charlie Fowler to monitor todays Article 39(a), UCMJ, session. 1. Trial is continued until 4 November 2010 from 13 October 2010. Not sure of the reason. It appears Mr. Jensen asked the judge to hold the case “in abeyance” pending resolution of an (untimely?) writ which has been filed with…

WorldNetDaily reports: Disagreement arose todday among supporters of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the Army doctor facing military court-martial for refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan after questioning Barack Obama’s constitutional eligibility to be president. A group of retired military officers organized as the Veterans Council and the United States Patriot Union in Sheridan, Wyo., issued…

New York Times piece with a portion of video from Morlock’s confession. Washington Post on the Ramrod Five. A U.S. Army staff sergeant dreamed up a plan for fellow soldiers to kill three Afghan civilians this year because he was motivated by “pure hatred,” another soldier accused in the slayings has told investigators Here’s a…

The safeguardourconstitution website has a posting that a Writ of Mandamus has been filed with the Army Court of Criminal Appeals. The site still lists the judges decision as pending. A copy of the petition is not posted to the website.

News14 has this piece about the Fort Bragg christian rock concert that is drawing some attention. Organizations have complained that a Christian rock concert should not be hosted by a government agency. Their stance is that it is a violation of separation of Church and State and displays a preferential treatment of a religion. However…

Thanks to a friendly reminder from CPT Josh Johnson, here is a link to this years JAA Appellate Advocacy Seminar. For VA attorneys it is cheaper than CAAF’s annual seminar and you get more CLE credits because of the program handouts. Of course you may have to miss the last day of LTC Lakin’s trial.

It has been (fill in the blank) days since LTC Lakin has been denied some discovery and witnesses for his case. His website has been updated in one place to say “Judge To Rule On Defense Request,” but the breaking news column still has the old verbiage, “Judge to Rules On Defense Request.” Of course…

Here is an interesting piece from Wired about the potential of command cover up and similar acrtivity in this set of cases. I got to the Wired piece through this from congressmatters.com blog. When bad news breaks it has become almost routine for those at the top to disavow all knowledge and let the hammer…