Court-Martial Trial Practice

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…

The Seattle Times reports the pending court-martial case: Spc. Jeremy Morlock, a 22-year-old Army soldier from Wasilla, Alaska, will face charges in connection with the murders of three Afghan civilians and other crimes at a hearing scheduled Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. And here’s a Foreign Policy note.

Here’s a link to the USA Today piece. Federal prosecutors are supposed to seek justice, not merely score convictions. But a USA TODAY investigation found that prosecutors repeatedly have violated that duty in courtrooms across the nation. The abuses have put innocent people in prison, set guilty people free and cost taxpayers millions of dollars…

The August Army Lawyer is online. My initial look found this one article of potential interest to MJWonks. Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq, by LTC Nathan Sassaman. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Sassaman believes in winning.3 He won as West Point’s quarterback, and he preached the virtue of rising…

The LA Times is reporting that Quintanilla was sentenced to life today.

I posted several pieces about the Navy and relief’s for cause in the last few weeks – here. Well here at two more: another Norfolk CO, and another Bangor bubblehead.

Courtesy of FourthAmendment.com here is a good case to know about. Defendant and his wife got into a domestic dispute, and she called the police to tell them about his illegal firearms. They came to the scene and she consented to the search. He was there and vociferously objected. The police searched anyway. The search…

Marine Corps Times reports: A Marine Corps attorney says his vigorous defense of a terrorism suspect held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp delayed his promotion by three years. Now he is taking the Navy to court alleging that he was punished for doing his job. Go Dan!