Court-Martial Trial Practice

May 8, 2009 JOBS for JAGS Seminar Presented by the Pentagon and DC Chapters of the FBA, the Federal Career Service and Young Lawyers Divisions of the FBA, and the Judge Advocates Association Location: Army and Navy Club, Washington, DC This full-day event is designed for junior and senior military attorneys transitioning from active duty…

The Pentagon Chapter of the Federal Bar Association will be throwing an end of oral argument season bash — though, as it turns out, about a month before the final CAAF oral arguments. The festivities will be held at CAAF at 1500 on 27 May 2009. Beverages and light refreshments will be served. All members…

Here’s a NY Times opinion piece with various positions on the current don’t ask, don’t tell policy.

Restyling The Federal Rules of Evidence (Part III).

Here is an item from the FayObserver.com Why is Ronald Adrin Gray still alive?

The New York Times reports that the Obama administration is considering preserving the military commissions some form. Part of the motivation for that, it is said, is this: “Judges might make it difficult to prosecute detainees who were subjected to brutal treatment or for prosecutors to use hearsay evidence gathered by intelligence agencies.” It is…

Computer search warrant was badly drafted, and it lacked particularity. However, the good faith exception saved the search because the officer sought counsel from the USMJ and AUSA in executing it. United States v. Otero, 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 9001 (10th Cir. April 28, 2009). Police who were actually investigating the possibility child porn was…

There has been a discussion about access to court dockets by the media, practitioners, educators, and the public to information about on-going courts-martial. For example here is a piece on CAAFLog. While I have been a supporter of transparency, I from time to time wish we could do as other common law countries do about…

In its decision Wednesday in Kansas v. Ventris (No. 07-1356), the Supreme Court ruled that the government may impeach a defendant’s testimony using statements obtained during an interrogation that violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel, even though the prosecution would be barred from using such tainted evidence as part of its case in chief.…

This might be of more interest to appellate practitioners, but here is a Download CAAF Proposed Changes rule changes.