Court-Martial Trial Practice

Here’s the trial lawyers guide to those difficult to read, hard to interpret, and impossible to reconcile appellate decisions. Attribute Everything Mysterious To ‘Quantum Flux’ A reading of Gabriel Fournier’s The Eclipse Of Infinity reveals that the new science-fiction novel makes more than 80 separate references to “quantum flux,” a vaguely defined force the author…

Lynndie England of Abu Ghraib fame will be speaking about her autobiography this Friday, 14 August 2009, at noon, at the Madison Building of the Library of Congress , Room LM139. LCPA Veterans Forum August 14, 2009, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM LM 139 First floor James Madison building Lynndie England discusses her biography “Tortured:…

Here is a neat website that allows you to calculate a deadline and due dates. Not an application, so there’s nothing to install on your computer or iPhone or BB – and for the overhead conscious it’s free. WolframAlpha. There’s a free download which will allow you to have a widget in your Vista sidebar,…

We previously noted the serious allegations against attorney Paul Bergrin for alleged racketeering, witness tampering, and murder. Stunning development David Kocieniewski, Lawyer’s Ways Spelled Murder, U.S. Is Charging, NY Times, 20 May 2009. In June Mr. Bergrin plead not guilty to these charges, according to NJ.com. Sarah Rice, The Star-Ledger Mr. Bergrin has had a…

Here is a link to the Bond Amendment. The amendment replaced what was known as the Smith Amendment. There were good and bad changes. Good was the change to “served” rather than “sentenced” to more than one year; bad is that all agencies and all types of clearance are covered. Now, just because the client…

(1) An accused may not enter inaccurate, inconsistent, improvident, or uninformed pleas of guilty, and the military judge may not permit the accused to do so. UCMJ art. 45, 10 U.S.C. § 845 (1988); see United States v. Schwabauer, 37 M.J. 338 (C.M.A. 1993). (2) Therefore, before the military judge may accept the accused’s pleas…

Hours Before Court-Martial, Army Resister Victor Agosto Speaks Out on Why He’s Refusing to Fight in Afghanistan: from Democracy Now, 5 August 2009. ————————————————- Ex-soldier appeals court-martial, Rochelle Hines, Florida AP. (Hopefully it’s not his lawyer who has the names of the appellate courts wrong.) Camilo Mejia, 1st GI to Publicly Resist Iraq War, Appeals…

August 06, 2009 Associated Press FORT HOOD, Texas — A Soldier who refused to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law was sentenced here Wednesday to a month in jail. Spc. Victor Agosto, 24, of Miami, pleaded guilty to disobeying a lawful order to report to a site that performs…

United States v. Usry, __ M.J. __, No. 1298 (C.G. Ct. Crim. App. Aug. 5, 2009). This case discusses the different issues that can come up when there is an indication that the client is having a bad mental health day at trial. The problem can come from medications the client is on, or an…

[Note: sorta in construction] Many are familiar with my office-in-a-briefcase: the color printer, color scanner, computer, and some peripherals that do — yes — do fit in a briefcase for traveling. Listed on this page are some items that I use or have come across that are useful in a mobile practice. Many of the…