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Relief for cause

There has been some reporting that the number of Detached for Cause (DFC, Relief for Cause) in the Navy are up this year over past years.  Here are some more.  Actually I almost missed one.  I had this ready to post last night and didn’t so today I was able…

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NMCCA decisions

Couple of new NMCCA decisions on some court-martial appeals. United States v. Soucie.  In this case NMCCA decides that the military judge failed to adequately inquire into  a duress defense on providency. The accused raised six errors and the NMCCA specified an additional error.  The government agreed that a charge…

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Something to read

Swinging a Sledge: The Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel, the Law of Deportations, and Padilla v. Kentucky, August 31, 2010, Joseph Ditkoff In Padilla v. Kentucky, the Supreme Court decided that the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the effective assistance of legal counsel requires that counsel inform his client whether…

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Humor in military uniform law

Here is a link to the 3 September 2010 Federal Register for the recent MCM amendments signed by The President. And the humor you say – – – – Hat tip to Native and Natural Born Citizenship Explored blog (a not a birther blog).

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USS Indianapolis

The News-Gazette reports an excerpt from the Congressional Record about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the subsequent court-martial of the commanding officer for the loss of his ship.  The ship was sunk on 30 July 1945.  The ultimate (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.–(1) It is the sense of Congress,…

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