Along with the list of cert. grants, the Court announced a new policy on releasing audio recordings of oral arguments. The Court will now release such recordings at the end of each argument week, much earlier than the current practice for all but a handful of particularly high-profile cases. As…
Here is an observation by federalevidence.com: One issue raised by the new case concerns whether a majority of the Court still supports the Confrontation Clause analysis established under Crawford v. Washington in 2004, and Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts in 2009. Two Justices who voted in the majority (John Paul Stevens and…
Humor in military lawyering is good. Humor is good. Standby for a comment from DMLHS tonight. In thinking about why the case would be delayed to 3 November 2010 there were all kinds of ideas floating around, some ideas being of a conspiratorial nature. I had missed the piece noted…
Daily Commercial reports: To police Chief Ed Nathanson, it doesn’t matter where you’ve been convicted as a sex offender or predator. It only matters that you’ve been convicted. So, if you are convicted out of state or in a court martial, your conviction still counts in Lady Lake, and you…
Washington Post reports: A U.S. soldier in Iraqis accused of fatally shooting two other American service members and injuring a third after an argument in Iraq’s Anbar province last week, the military said. WRAL.com reports: A military judge on Monday set a Dec. 8 trial date for an 82nd Airborne…
Army Times reports. A regional prison is opening at Fort Leavenworth, combining the operations of military prisons elsewhere in the United States. The Joint Regional Confinement Facility will be operated by the Army Corrections Command. It’s located on the northeast Kansas post near the U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, the military’s maximum-security…
The U. S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Kentucky v. King. QUESTION PRESENTED: Police officers entered an apartment building in hot pursuit of a person who sold crack cocaine to an undercover informant. They heard a door slam, but were not certain which of two apartments the trafficker fled…
United States v. Blazier was argued at CAAF and you can hear the oral argument at this link. The U. S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Bullcoming v. New Mexico. Courtesy of CAAFLog here is the granted issue: Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to introduce testimonial statements…
NIMJ was able to send Charlie Fowler to monitor todays Article 39(a), UCMJ, session. 1. Trial is continued until 4 November 2010 from 13 October 2010. Not sure of the reason. It appears Mr. Jensen asked the judge to hold the case “in abeyance” pending resolution of an (untimely?) writ…
WorldNetDaily reports: Disagreement arose todday among supporters of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, the Army doctor facing military court-martial for refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan after questioning Barack Obama’s constitutional eligibility to be president. A group of retired military officers organized as the Veterans Council and the United States Patriot…