KOLOTV reports: Joint Base Lewis-McChord spokeswoman Catherine Caruso says the pleas from Ivette G. Davila were accepted by the judge, Col. Stephen R. Henley, at Monday’s court martial. She was to be sentenced later in the day to life in prison.
Avoiding the Extremes: A Proposal for Modifying Court Member Selection in the Military Victor Hansen New England Law | Boston August 18, 2010 Abstract: This article address the method used in the military court-martial system to select jurors (referred to as panel members). Under military law, the panel members who…
The Laws of War as a Constitutional Limit on Military Jurisdiction Stephen I. Vladeck American University – Washington College of Law Journal of National Security & Policy, Forthcoming American University Washington College of Law Research Paper No. 2010-27 Abstract: Nine years, one Supreme Court decision, two statutes, and a veritable…
KOMO News reports that: An Army Specialist accused of killing two fellow soldiers and taking their baby has changed her plea to guilty. Spc. Ivette Davila entered guilty pleas to two counts of premeditated murder and one count of kidnapping during a military court hearing Monday morning. It was not…
Coast Guard Report reports that: Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command, Rear Adm. Edward H. Deets III, relieved Cmdr. Mary Ann L. Giese, commanding officer of U.S. Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (NCTS) Bahrain Aug. 21 due to loss of confidence in her ability to command. The decision to relieve Giese…
Army Times reports that: Second Lt. Douglas Sofranko, a Florida National Guard officer photographed wearing a Navy SEAL Trident insignia he didn’t rate, has been relieved of his full-time duties with the Guard, and his future in the military is uncertain. The earlier post, “Ooops I have to graduate?”, is…
Silence. 20 August 2010 was the day to submit motions. They would have had up to the close of business. Nothing on APF in terms of documents filed. Frankly I’m not expecting anything to be released, certainly not by the government. You will recollect that LTC Lakin and APF has…
Army Times reports: The Army said Friday it was investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band’s concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up. . . . Smith said he went up the chain…
North County Times reports: Nearly five years after 24 Iraqi men, women and children were slain by a Camp Pendleton squad as it searched for a roadside bomber, the last man to face criminal charges from the incident is about to go on trial. Wuterich’s trial —- which is scheduled…
ACCA has an excellent unpublished opinion in United States v. McGinnis, No. ARMY 20071204 (A. Ct. Crim. App. Aug. 19, 2010). Here it is with liberal sprinklings of Dwight’s synopsis. Appellant was convicted of battering his 8-month-old son. His GT score was 90 and he had a reputation for being…