Unraveling Military Justice: Your Guide to UCMJ Investigations Navigating the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) can feel overwhelming, but UCMJ Investigations is your lifeline. This essential platform empowers service members, families, and legal professionals with expert guidance and resources […]
A Guilty Plea? Really?? Are you or your client actually considering entering a guilty plea?It seems as though the American justice system has abandoned the fundamental system of public jury trials in favor of a system where guilty pleas are
Sentencing Begins the moment an Attorney is Hired. It’s not an afterthought. It’s a plan. In my experience, the process of sentencing begins as soon as an attorney is hired. Not after the trial. It’s a plan that is put
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Military legal assistance can’t represent you in criminal proceedings. If you have a non-military criminal case (for example, a DUI or a domestic violence charge), you should seek help from the local public defender or the local legal bar. Military
Preparing alibi witnesses for trial is something a defense attorney must critically consider. There are inherent issues with using alibi witnesses and some of those are addressed in my most recent prior blog article but if the attorney has made
Should you even present a defense based on an alibi? There can be significant problems with an alibi defense and you need to consider if htis is the approach you really want to take. Alibi testimony is an important defense
According to an article in the Military Times, the introduction of civilian authorities handling military sexual assault cases could prove to be interesting. It’s questionable if it will ever get out of the legislature, but an interesting concept, nevertheless. How
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I’ve had the fortunate opportunities to work on several post-conviction release cases and I’m beginning to see a pattern. Finding exculpatory evidence in wrongful convictions can be achieved if you use the right approach. I certainly can’t say that my
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I find that often investigators use the Reid Technique improperly and warrant scrutiny. For years the OSI, NCIS, CID and many other federal agencies have considered the method of interrogation usually referred to as the “Reid Technique” and developed by
In case you didn’t know about procedural legal safeguards in the military courts here’s a long summary for you. These are some of the key procedural safeguards afforded an accused under the UCMJ. They are narrowed down based on the
