CAAFLog blogged a while back about the declining numbers in Courts-Martials held. Navy Times reports this as a possible explanation for lower Navy numbers: The overall number of sailors facing courts-martial has dropped dramatically during the past several years, Navy records show. General courts-martial for the most serious offenses have…
Navy Times reports that: Two Navy chiefs will be forced to retire after helping an enlisted sailor cheat on an advancement exam, officials from the aircraft carrier George Washington told Stars and Stripes on Thursday. OregonLive.com reports that: Spc. Richelle Golden arrived atMadigan Army Medical Center in Washington state in…
CAAF’s daily journal for 10 June 2010 indicates that CAAF has allowed NIMJ to file a brief on behalf of appellant (I abstained from participation in producing said brief), and allowed NACDL to file an amicus pleading but denied NACDL leave to file an “oversized brief.”
No. 10-0337/AR. U.S. v. David ANTAR. CCA 20080836. Review granted on the following issue: WHETHER THE MILITARY JUDGE ERRED BY ACCEPTING APPELLANT’S PLEA OF GUILTY AND NOT REOPENING THE PROVIDENCE INQUIRY WITHOUT QUESTIONING BOTH APPELLANT AND HIS TRIAL DEFENSE COUNSEL REGARDING APPELLANT’S BIPOLAR DISORDER, HIS EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS,…
Here is the daily journal entry for Navy TJAG certification of United States v. Hutchins. No. 10-5003/MC. U.S., Appellant v. Lawrence G. HUTCHINS, Appellee. CCA 200800393. Notice is hereby given that a certificate for review of the decision of the United States Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals was filed…
The CGCCA has issued a per curiam opinion in United States v. Sapp., a SPCM tried at U.S.C.G. Training Center Yorktown. Before this court, Appellant has assigned two errors: (1) This court should consider the unreasonable and unexplained post-trial delay in determining the sentence that should be approved under Article…
Yesterday AFCCA issued an order in an Article 62, appeal, in United States v. Harris. There is a rather odd, perhaps bizarre, chronology. What next is the question? Appellant charged. Additional charges added. Appellant arraigned. Next day the MJ dismisses the additional charges on defense motion. Same day as the…
Just the other day, alerted by SCOTUSBlog I posted Jones v. Williams as a case to watch at SCOTUS. The issue once again: Issue: Whether the Tenth Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) by granting habeas relief for ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargain negotiations to a defendant who…
Air Force Times reports: A wing commander lost his job because he not only played favorites but hid unfavorable information from his bosses about a female lieutenant colonel, and recommended her for promotion, according to an Air Force investigation. Directly from Coast Guard Report blog: UNITED STATES v. Adam R.…
SCOTUSBlog has the 3 June 2010 petitions to watch at SCOTUS. Here is an interesting one. Title: Jones v. Williams Docket: 09-948 Issue: Whether the Tenth Circuit violated 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) by granting habeas relief for ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargain negotiations to a defendant who was…