Court-Martial Trial Practice

A southwestern Oklahoma woman faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to taking a 12-year-old girl to a hotel for sex with Marines from nearby Fort Sill. Still pending are rape charges against three Marines and charges of enabling child neglect against the girl’s parents. Police say the girl is now 13…

CAAF has decided United States v. Williams. This is a pretrial confinement, Article 13, UCMJ, case.

A 69-year-old San Diego County man has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for posing as a decorated Marine major general. Navy Times reports. Fort Lewis says an Army private will be court-martialed Tuesday in the death of a 16-year-old high school student in the barracks. Seattle 911 reports.

GALESBURG, Illinois – Tonight a Quad City area soldier is in Afghanistan being forced to stay to face charges connected to pictures his mother sent to him. The mother says the pictures were designed to ease the homesickness of life on the warfront but she had no idea they would lead to a child pornography…

In interesting development. Neal Puckett, McCabe’s civilian defense lawyer, had opposed delaying the trial but reluctantly agreed to it after three other SEALs expected to testify notified the court they’ve retained their own lawyer. Kate Wiltrout of The Viginian-Pilot

Us civilian lawyers frequently get questions about recruiting: Why can’t I join; why can’t I join without a waiver; why is my OTH, GD, RE2 a bar to enlistment. Here is part of the answer: Congress & Law reports the statistics. What causes people to be rejected can be boiled down – a bad economy,…

The commanding officer of the Yokosuka, Japan-based cruiser Cowpens was relieved of duty Wednesday after being punished for “cruelty and maltreatment” during her time in charge, the Navy announced. In an unusual move, she is being permitted to continue on to an assignment in the Pentagon. Capt. Holly Graf was brought before an admiral’s mast…

The United States military has decided to refer charges against an Army captain from Evergreen who is accused of ordering Iraqi officers to kill two Iraqi civilians. Army Times reports.

The Army has filed court-martial charges against Alexis Hutchinson, an Army cook who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because she couldn’t find anyone to look after her 1-year-old son. Newser reports. The court-martial charges are AWOL and missing movement, offenses under the UCMJ.

The trial for the Navy SEAL accused of punching an alleged al-Qaida terrorist while in U.S. custody in Iraq has been postponed until May 3, but the trial will remain in Norfolk. Capt. Moira Modzelewski granted government prosecutors the continuance on the grounds that most of the evidence in the case is still undergoing a…