Court-Martial Trial Practice Blog
A former client directed me to the Air Force Reporter, Vol. 42, No. 1 (2015).
In reading about an aspect of his case, my eyes rolled down to this. It is on page 50.
CASE 2 Prior to a court-martial, a Special Victims’ Counsel (SVC) advised a client that the SVC would not be attending the trial in person due to a personal conflict, but that if the client needed anything to let the SVC know. The SVC did not notify supervision and did not make arrangements for another SVC to attend the trial in their absence. The court-martial started with several motions that involved the client. Following the motions hearing, the client contacted the SVC and requested that the SVC attend the remainder of the court-martial. The SVC attended the remainder of the court-martial proceedings.