Articles Posted in court-martial

Here is a link to MARADMIN 062/10, Implementation of Case Management System for Courts-Martial.

A new order from Marine Corps Forces Command explicitly prohibits Marines from using a number of legal substances, including the herbal blend Spice, to achieve an altered state of consciousness or a druglike “high.” . . . The order, dated Jan. 27, bars Marines from using, possessing, attempting to possess,…

Capt. Michael A. Webb, 46, of Coto de Caza, Calif., was found unresponsive Sunday at 7:21 a.m. and was later pronounced dead at the scene, said Lt. Col. Roger Galbriath. Webb had been placed under pretrial restraint as a result of the serious nature of his misconduct, because he failed…

Here’s a link to the DOJ list of principal FOIA contacts at federal agencies.  I’ve added this as a link to my list of important sites. Here’s a link to Mark Bennett, 16 Simple Rules for Better Jury Selection, 22(1) The Jury Expert, Jan. 2010.  The highly entertaining Bennett has…

CAAF has decided two cases related to Abu Ghraib:  United States v. Harman, and United States v. Smith. The issue in Harman was factual sufficiency and the conviction and sentence was affirmed. Appellant admitted to investigators that she took a new detainee, who had been placed on a box with…

In 1988 the Court of Military Appeals decided Griffith.  I have used the case from time to time, not often successfully.  But here is a recent example of what I call 917-on-steroids.  I was pleasantly surprised that it was the judge who first raised the Griffith possibility. R.C.M. 917 allows…

The Army has charged an Illinois National Guardsman in Afghanistan with possession of child and adult pornography, and his family has come to his defense, arguing that he was the target of a personal vendetta. Army Times reports.  This is an ongoing case that started because the kids mother sent…

I have commented before about suicides and military justice, Military Suicides. Marine Capt. Michael A. Webb has died of an apparent suicide in the brig at Quantico while awaiting court martial, a base public affairs officer said Tuesday. Inisde NoVa reports. Army investigators have charged a 22-year-old Fort Bragg soldier…

Moral:  when you go AWOL you can’t keep running if you run out of gas.  As I drive I-95 I often see military convoys.  It had not occurred to me that one or more of the drivers was in the process of going AWOL. An Army private is in custody…

I have often wondered about how sports players get breaks regular people don’t.  This applies within the military just as much as in the civilian community.  Hypocrisy rains in the name of sports. A Naval Academy football player is being permitted to continue as a midshipman even after testing positive…