Court-Martial Trial Practice

I have mentioned several times that I always look for MySpace, Facebook, and other social network accounts held by witnesses at a court-martial trial I have. In a number of instances I have found information, photographs, or leads to other information that has been useful for cross-examination at the court-martial. Google and other social network…

Online Newshour reports: And it doesn’t have to be all 12 members voting him guilty. Two-thirds to convict is enough. And it does have to be unanimous to give him the death penalty. In a death penalty case the members have to be unanimous on a finding of guilty. The unanimity requirement different than for…

How the Military Will Try Nidal Hasan This reminds me of A Few Good Men. Remember, in the Navy court-room the Army JAG symbol is on the podium. Well here they have a picture of courtroom A at Marine Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. We know the picture’s about a year old because the major pictured…

There is a great deal of pontificating on both sides of the aisle about Major Hasan, Fort Hood, and intelligence failures. Here is a rational discussion and perspective. In last week’s global security and intelligence report, we discussed the recent call by the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Nasir al-Wahayshi, for jihadists…

ACCA has decided United States v. Kloch. The accused wanted to tell the military judge in his unsworn that several of his co-accused’s had received 15 days confinement at summary court-martial, etc. The MJ would not allow the statement. ACCA found error, but that it was non-prejudicial.

An official news release from Fort Hood PAO states that: The charges filed against Hasan include 13 specifications of premeditated murder, in violation of Article 118, Uniform Code of Military Justice, (emphasis added). hat-tip to CAAFLog. The media has been speculating all afternoon based on a CID news conference. I would not imagine CID to…

Here’s the question, I think. Military.com, as with many other media outlets are reporting: Nidal Malik Hasan’s overly zealous religious views and strange behavior worried the doctors overseeing his medical training, but they saw no evidence that he was violent or a threat. The question, a legitimate question, has been raised about Major Hasan’s mental…

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The CGCCA has issued a decision in the court-martial: United States v. Montuoro. A short sweet reminder of sentence comparison issues when there are co-accused’s. Sentence comparison among co-accused’s is a different issue than sentence appropriateness.

Yes, of course John Galligan is getting that question. We get it all the time. How could you represent so-and-so at court-martial? Here is MichaelTomasky’sBlog. Banner CNN day: Wolf Blitzer apparently really distinguished himself yesterday by asking Nidal Hasan’s military lawyer, retired Colonel John Galligan, how on earth he could do such a thing[?] Many…