SUPPRESSION RULING IN U.S. V. LEWIS REVERSED, CAAF AFFIRMS DECISION
Domestic Deployments, the Insurrection Act, and UCMJ Risk for the Individual Service Member
Service members are periodically assigned to domestic missions in support of civil authorities. Border support, disaster response, and civil disturbance response all place troops in situations they did not train for as a primary mission. The legal framework governing those assignments is where individual exposure under the UCMJ arises. That framework is also least understood […]
How to Avoid the Minefields of Military Justice, Issue 3: Alcohol and Vehicles
There is a lot to say about alcohol. A number of my cases have root issues that come directly from too much of it. Sleeping behind the steering wheel after you have had too much to drink is a bad idea. You might think you are doing the right thing by getting in your car, […]
AIRMAN CONVICTED OF OBSCENE COMMUNICATIONS, CAAF AFFIRMS 1ST AMENDMENT NOT VIOLATED
HOW TO AVOID THE MINEFIELDS OF MILITARY JUSTICE – ISSUE 2 – ALCOHOL – HAVE A PLAN
TRUMP PARDONS ARMY RANGER CONVICTED OF MURDERING IRAQI DETAINEE
HOW TO AVOID THE MINEFIELDS OF MILITARY JUSTICE ISSUE 1 – ARTICLE 31B
Article 31(b): Compulsory Self-Incrimination Prohibited When young service members come under investigation, they feel they need to talk. It is not surprising. It is the military. Integrity gets drilled into you in basic training, and close knit groups treat it as everything. It is not surprising that service members assume anyone wearing the uniform has […]
CAAF MAKES IT EASIER FOR CRIMINAL EVIDENCE TO BE TAKEN IN UNLAWFUL SEARCHES & SEIZURES
SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING NONCONSENSUAL SEXUAL ACTIVITY IS A GENERAL INTENT CRIME, U.S. V. MCDONALD
CAAF USES NON-UCMJ REGULATED CONDUCT AS EVIDENCE IN UCMJ VIOLATION CASE
