Court-Martial Trial Practice BlogAttorney John Galligan reports that he continues to be stonewalled on access to a security clearance and discovery.
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Now what?
What to do, what to do, Lakin is done.
Navy Times reports:
The top sailor at a Jacksonville, Fla.-based P-3 squadron was fired Wednesday as the result of an ongoing investigation into allegations of an improper command climate, Naval Air Force Atlantic said.
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Military.com reports:
A Navy intelligence specialist stationed at Fort Bragg is in custody after an investigation revealed he allegedly sold top secret documents to an undercover FBI agent posing as a foreign intelligence officer.
Apparently there were two meetings at which approximately four documents were handed over in exchange for a total of $3,000.00.
Pardon update
Edgar Leopold Kranz.
I have not received an answer to my email on his Facebook page. But a number of newspapers are reporting that (now) Master Sergeant Kranz was stationed at Minot AB. He was promoted t MSgt in 2006. Air Force Times is reporting he retired in March 2010.
Don’t try this in the military
They will get you under Article 134, UCMJ.
Appeals Court Frees Ex-Principal: Panel rules that altered photos were not child pornography because the nude bodies were those of an adult.
A three-judge panel of the Second District Court of Appeal in Lakeland ruled Friday that photographs he had were not child pornography because the nude bodies shown were those of an adult.
FOIA or not
The Supremes will here an important FOIA case today, Milner v. Dept. of the Navy. Here is a link to the SCOTUSBlog information.
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The Navy Times reports:
The civilian attorney for a cruiser skipper fired for cruelty and mistreatment of her crew told a board of inquiry in his opening statement Tuesday that his client had been the victim of a sexist and vengeful wardroom of incompetent officers and an inspector general’s investigation with a foregone conclusion.
Prior posting about this and other CO firings here and here.
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Navy Times reports:
A cruiser skipper who was fired for cruelty and mistreatment of her crew will go before a Navy board of inquiry Tuesday that will recommend whether she can continue her Navy service.
A Behanna update by Army Times:
SCOTUS [grants][denies] Smith
Here courtesy of SCOTUSBlog are the relevant documents from Smith v. United States.
Title: Smith v. United States
Docket: 10-18
Issue(s): Whether, when a trial judge’s restriction on the cross-examination of a prosecution witness is challenged on appeal as a violation of the Confrontation Clause, the proper standard of review is de novo or abuse of discretion.
Certiorari-Stage Documents:
- Opinion below (Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces)
- Petition for certiorari
- Brief in opposition
- Amicus brief of the United States Army Defense Appellate Division
- Amicus brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Petitioner’s reply
And to round out here is the CGCCA opinion.
Navy CO fired
Adding to this years catalog of Navy CO’s fired the Navy Times reports.
The Navy has fired the commanding officer of the attack submarine Memphis as 10 members of his crew are under investigation in an alleged cheating ring involving shipboard training exams, according to a Navy release.
See prior post here about Relief for Cause of Navy commanding officers.