Army Times reports that: The military has released the name of the man allegedly shot to death by a fellow reservist at Fort Gillem. An earlier release said that the name of the suspect would not be released until there were charges. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that: The Army…
Articles Posted in UCMJ
Afghan and foreign AWOLs update 4
Fox News reports that: Texas senator is demanding answers from the Air Force on the current status of the 10 AWOL Afghan military deserters, which he called a breach of national security. The initial number of Afghans being floated was 17. Now: Ten of the 17 remain at large after…
Fort Gillem shooting update 2
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that: The victim of Thursday’s U.S. Army Reserve post shooting and his alleged killer both apparently worked together, Army officials said Friday. Both men were full-time Army Guard reserve soldiers assigned to the Army Medical Professional Management Command, spokeswoman Maj. Lenora Hutchinson told the AJC.…
Collateral consequences firearms and sex
Here is an unpublished opinion in United States v. Jones, No. 09-15005 (11th Cir. 17 June 2010). I’ve commented before about how nuanced sex offender registration issues can get. Christopher Martin Jones appeals from his sentence imposed following his conviction for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon. On appeal,…
Afghan AWOL’s update 2
I posted yesterday about the Afghan military personnel AWOL in CONUS. Before it’s News now is tying this incident with this: In late January, Senators were warned that Al Qaeda is determined to stage an attack on U.S. soil by July 2010. This information circled the media for some time,…
Ramrod Five update 3
Here is a charge sheet for one of the accused, United States v. Morlock. Here is an official press release from JBLM.
AWOL case
Fox News reports that: A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of the Afghan military who have gone AWOL from a Texas Air Force base where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, FoxNews.com has learned. . . . A senior Defense Department…
More on searches – inventory
First Quon, now the Army Times reports that: A federal appeals court says the search of a Virginia Army private’s MP3 player that found child pornography was constitutional. Here is a link to the decision in United States v. Rendon. While in the Army, Rendon’s MP3 player was examined pursuant…
Crawford – M-D – Blazier and confrontation
The respondent in Michigan v. Bryant has filed his brief and is found here courtesy of Professor Friedman (who indicates a likely amicus filing on his part). Here is the QP: Whether preliminary inquiries of a wounded citizen concerning the perpetrator and circumstances of the shooting are nontestimonial because they…
Collateral consequences
The U.S. Supreme Court decided City of Ontario v. Quon today. Quon is a case about searching pagers and cellphones. Our clients convicted of child pornography offenses and certain other offenses in which the internet is case related are restricted in computer access post-release. I mention Quon because of an…