Court-Martial Trial Practice

When I read that, I thought of “The Invisible War.” Friend and forensic psychologist Reneau Kennedy sent an interesting piece across the transom today. She forwarded a piece by Karen Franklin: “In the Dark” shines brilliant light on bungled Jacob Wetterling case Twenty-seven years ago, a perfect storm struck a small town in central Minnesota,…

Good friend Gene Fidell has drawn attention to a news release about the new report. In particular he notes that 23% of those surveyed last year would not recommend making a report. The 2015 survey report is Enclosure 3. Interestingly, last year nearly a number of respondents were dissatisfied with the various services available to…

SCOTUSBlog has an interesting post about the court’s relist practice. Some of us discussed the relist option when the court was considering the petition in United States v. Sullivan, 74 M.J. 448 (C.A.A.F. 2015) cert. denied. When last we wrote about the statistics of relists a little over a year ago, it was to report…

We have complications in CONUS trials with doctor-patient privileges. Overseas, host nation laws can make an already complex issue more difficult to navigate. COL (former military judge) Masterson discusses the administrative and legal difficulties under the NATO SOFA. Doctor-Patient Privilege Rules Overseas, ARMY LAW. August 2016.

Appellate Advocacy 2016 Date & Time: Friday, October 21, 2016 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CLE Credit: Yes Event Description 6.5 Credit Hours, Including 1.0 Ethics Credit Hour This highly acclaimed course features the consumers and producers of appellate advocacy in the federal courts. It is designed as an introduction to appellate advocacy, featuring…

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Sara Koenig, Was Anyone Killed Looking for Bowe Bergdahl? Some Hard Evidence at Long Last, 6 October 2016. After nearly a year of waiting, [Serial has] finally received the Army’s internal investigations into the 2009 deaths of six soldiers from Bowe Bergdahl’s unit: MW, CB, KC, MM, DA and MM. None of these investigations report…

The Army Court of Criminal Appeals has decided United States v. Hennis, the military’s latest death penalty appeal. The opinion is 106 pages long, so it will take a little time read. But what struck me immediately were the statistics. The case was heard en banc. However, of 12 judges assigned to court and initially…

In United States v. Lopez, Army Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed, but there is no opinion on the Army court website and I don’t see it in Lexis. The Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces has specified an issue for review in this case as follows: No. 16-0487/AR. U.S. v. Mario I. Lopez. CCA…

32 CFR Part 105 Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) Program Procedures; Final Rule, of 27 September 2016, 81 FR 66424. This rule contains amendments to an interim final rule published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2013, which provided guidance and procedures for the SAPR Program. This included establishing the processes and procedures…