The Columbian reports: Some people were taking the job of soldiering a bit casually on Dec. 6, 1941, says a Washougal veteran of World War II. It took one day to change everything. “In the peacetime Army, a lot of guys just took off,” . . . Officially, they were…
I posted the other day about discovery, the appellate courts are seeing a number of cases about discovery issues. ACCA hears oral argument in the Behenna case which presents the question of trial counsel’s failure to comply with Brady/Bagley/Giglio/Article 46 in the context of a motion for mistrial and a…
Not completely off topic, the Army Times reports: Soldiers are dangerously starving themselves, gobbling diet pills and laxatives — even going under the knife in costly liposuction surgery — all to meet the Army’s weight standards and avoid losing their careers.
Military.com reports: A Navy intelligence specialist stationed at Fort Bragg is in custody after an investigation revealed he allegedly sold top secret documents to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign intelligence officer. Apparently there were two meetings at which approximately four documents were handed over in exchange for…
Edgar Leopold Kranz. I have not received an answer to my email on his Facebook page. But a number of newspapers are reporting that (now) Master Sergeant Kranz was stationed at Minot AB. He was promoted t MSgt in 2006. Air Force Times is reporting he retired in March 2010.
I have always taken the view that disclosure of bad information about witnesses is a self-executing duty on trial counsel. I make this point because trial counsel often refuse to look into the background of it’s witnesses until the MJ orders that. The military judge properly concluded the government “had…
They will get you under Article 134, UCMJ. Appeals Court Frees Ex-Principal: Panel rules that altered photos were not child pornography because the nude bodies were those of an adult. A three-judge panel of the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland ruled Friday that photographs he had were not…
PTA provisions depriving an appellant of parole and clemency consideration under generally applicable procedures are unenforceable under R.C.M. 705(c)(1)(B). United States v. Tate, 64 M.J. 269, 272 (C.A.A.F. 2007).
The big news in the presidential pardons world is that President Obama has finally granted nine pardons. Pardon Power blog reports: 682 days into his presidency, Barack Obama has finally discovered the clemency power by granting 9 pardons. One of the nine is a military case from 1994 in which…
Everyone remembers Pierce and Pierce credit – right. DMLHS at CasaCAAFLog has found this interesting opinion from the federal district court. This case is before the court on defendant’s motion to dismiss (no. 6). At issue is whether the United States government, consistent with the constitutional requirement of due process,…