Court-Martial Trial Practice

The News-Gazette reports an excerpt from the Congressional Record about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the subsequent court-martial of the commanding officer for the loss of his ship. The ship was sunk on 30 July 1945. The ultimate (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.–(1) It is the sense of Congress, on the basis of the…

I previously posted about this but here is a more detailed Navy Times report about CSM Crump, formerly of WRAMC. A former command sergeant major at Walter Reed Army Medical Center fired for allegedly faking his record and wearing unauthorized awards and decorations faces military discipline for a series of bold deceptions that span several…

News8 reports that: In a court martial trial that concluded after a panel’s deliberations stretched into the early hours of Saturday morning at Andrews Joint Base, a local Airman First Class was found not guilty of the charges brought against him. As ABC 7 News reported last week, the charges were brought against A1C Marvin…

CNN reports that: A top military official at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been relieved of duty and charged with knowingly falsifying his personnel records. Command Sgt. Maj. Stoney Crump, the senior enlisted officer for the Medical Center Brigade, had the “intent to deceive” when he submitted a false official record incorrectly stating that…

The Daily Weekly reports on a Fort Lewis Soldier convicted in civilian court of murder. The piece that caught my eye was this: Since the start of the war in Iraq in 2003, there have been at least a dozen slayings on Western Washington soil alone involving active troops or veterans of Iraq. The body…

This report from Savannah.now questions why expert payments within the 3ID claimancy take so long. The military judge also questioned why experts for the defense continue to have difficulties obtaining payments for work done on Bozicevich’s behalf as attorneys prepare for a February 2011 capital court-martial trial. The humor is that this is neither a…

United States v. Foisy, __ M.J. __, No. NMCCA 201000026 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. July 20, 2010). (Thanks to an early posting of the decision by CAAFLog.) Rodriguez and Gilbride deal with Mil. R. Evid. 304(h)(2) rule of completeness. Mil. R. Evid. 304(h)(2) is a longstanding rule of completeness pertaining to confessions introduced against an…

From on the road. Air Force Times reports that: Air Force officials are investigating the Wisconsin National Guard’s top commander. Air Force press officials didn’t immediately respond Monday to requests for information on what prompted the Air Force Inspector General’s inquiry into Brig. Gen. Donald Dunbar or what it entails. WRAL.com reports that: The trial…

On 16 July 2010, Orly Taitz posted the following item on her website. NO ANSWER FROM JUSTICE THOMAS YET. PEOPLE CAN FILE AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS- FRIEND OF THE COURT, IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION Pity, because there is a 15 July 2010 entry on the Supreme Court journal regarding Taitz v. Thomas D. MacDonald, Colonel…

Oooops, Military.com reports that: The drug Ecstasy shows positive results in the majority of patients when used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a report coming out Monday in the Journal of Psychopharmacology.