Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog

The U. S. Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari today in United States v. Clayton. Sorry Bill.

Barring anything unforseen it appears the Article 32, UCMJ, hearing will be finished with “evidence” today.  Army Times reports. The hearing was expected to wrap up Monday because lead defense attorney John Galligan has said he doesn’t plan to present any evidence. Military law experts say it’s not unusual for…

The APF has launched it’s new campaign – Terry Lakin Action Week — to persuade members of Congress to get involved in establishing a new concept, that military officers may refuse duty at their whim. With Congress back for the "lame duck" session we are urging Terry’s advocates to make…

FayObserver reports. A federal judge has granted a third request for additional time to file a brief in an appeal for Timothy Hennis. Janes has a report on the USS SAN ANTONIO court-martial — Defect-ridden USS San Antonio should not have sailed, court martial told The court martial of a…

Navy. 1.  United States v. Curry.  This is a BAH case.  The Government proceeded on a theory of a fraudulent marriage as a basis to commit larceny by trick. The court held oral argument in this case and specified two additional issues to the parties.2 Additional pleadings were later filed. …

KPLU News reports. Key pieces of evidence were lost or never collected in the case of five Washington-based soldiers charged with murdering Afghan civilians. That emerged Tuesday in an evidentiary hearing against the alleged ringleader – Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs.

Courtesy of Army Times, here is a link to, “Fort Hood Army Internal Review Team:  Final Report.”

The PBS Frontline special, “The Confessions” about false confessions and the Norfolk Four is now available.

Stars & Stripes reports. A U.S. soldier will spend more than two years in prison after a military judge found him guilty in a court-martial Tuesday of throwing a crowbar that struck a German motorcyclist in the head. Stars & Stripes reports. The sentence for an Air Force staff sergeant…

Thanks to a jab from RealityCheck.  Let’s parse the current defense information release from LTC Lakin’s defense counsel. His previous civilian attorney complicated his case and is partially responsible for two of these charges by advising LTC Lakin to refuse to report to his superior officer. I posted a while…