Thanks to CAAFLog for a list of potential new Department of the Navy MJ’s. Maj Troy H. Campbell, USMC, CDR Robert J. Crow, JAGC, USN, CAPT Terry C. Ganzel, JAGC, USNR, CDR George Glenn Gerding, JAGC, USNR, CDR John S. Han, JAGC, USNR, CDR Donald C. King, JAGC, USN, CDR Brian C. Lansing, JAGC, USNR,…
Continue reading ›Military.com reports that: A four-star general will testify at a pretrial hearing in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war, a Marine Corps spokesman said Thursday. Gen. James Mattis is scheduled to address a military judge Monday on a defense motion to dismiss charges against Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich…
Continue reading ›NMCCA has it’s opinion in United States v. Denedo, the petition for error coram nobis that his been winding its way through the courts, include the United States Supreme Court. Essentially the court finds that even if there were IAC, petitioner has not established prejudice. Back to CAAF? As it stands, the case represents a…
Continue reading ›How appealing refers to: A case the U.S. Supreme Court has taken up over a Christian group’s challenge to UC Hastings College of the Law’s nondiscrimination policy for student groups could end up influencing the political debate over a possible vacancy on the court this summer. In many ways, the case puts 7th U.S. Circuit…
Continue reading ›WOAI.com reports: Hasan’s lawyer claims the U.S. Army is withholding key information he needs to defend Hasan. Attorney John Galligan said he has been waiting months for classified material needed to help his client. He said he has been given limited access to criminal investigation files. Does Mr. Galligan have the appropriate security clearance? If…
Continue reading ›Military.com reports: Last summer, more than a year after completing a seemingly successful tour as commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship Wasp, Capt. Michael Hawley was removed from his post as the head of a Norfolk-based training group. . . . But a report from the Naval Inspector General’s office outlines six personal or…
Continue reading ›United States v. Clayton. Another special exception, in of course, a CP case. The dissent says it all. RYAN, J., with whom ERDMANN, J., joins (dissenting): I cannot agree with the continued dilution of the requirement that there be an actual, as opposed to an intuitive or a hypothetical, nexus between the evidence sought and…
Continue reading ›You may remember the serious of stories about lawyer Orly Taitz, and you may remember that she was sanctioned for her actions in the case of an Army captain seeking to stop her deployment. Well . . . The Orange County Register reports that: Orly Taitz has been dealt another legal loss in her battle…
Continue reading ›ACCA has issued an opinion in United States v. Watson, another administrative discharge issued pending appeal, this time an officer. A military judge sitting as a general court-martial convicted appellant, pursuant to her pleas, of larceny of government property and fraud against the United States (two specifications), in violation of Articles 121 and 132, Uniform…
Continue reading ›Navy Times reports that: A former sector commander in Alaska is facing a general court-marital for charges of adultery, fraternization and other sexual improprieties. Capt. Herbert “Mark” Hamilton III has been charged with 30 counts, including: failing to follow orders; lying to investigators; committing adultery with enlisted personnel; sending and receiving “sexual and amorous text…
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