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Posted on Aug 7, 2012 By Military Lawyer
United States v. Behenna, 70 MJ. 521 (Army Ct. Crim. App. July 21, 2011), pet. for grant of rev. filed, No. 12-0030/AR (C.A.A.F. Sept. 19, 2011). Procedural History: Behenna was convicted of ...
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Posted on Aug 1, 2012 By Military Lawyer
Procedural History: Luke was convicted in 1999 of two specifications of indecent assault of a shipmate and was sent to two years confinement and a bad-conduct discharge. Evidence produced against Luke ...
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Posted on Jul 26, 2012 By Military Lawyer
In United States v. Baker, 70 M.J. 283 (C.A.A.F. 2011) the issue before the CAAF was whether the Army Court of Criminal Appeals erred (1) in finding that the military judge's suppression of the ...
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Posted on Jul 18, 2012 By Military Lawyer
In United States v. Boie, ACM 37546 (A.F. Ct. Cim. App. 011) (slip op.) the Appellant was convicted by officer and enlisted members, in accordance with his pleas, among other things, of one ...
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Posted on Jul 9, 2012 By Military Lawyer
In United States v. Truss, 2011 WL 3891821 (A. Ct. Cim. App.) the appellant was convicted by a military judge of two specifications of sodomy and one specification of assault consummated by battery. ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2010 By Military Defense Lawyer
On September 30, 1996, the Lautenberg Amendment became law. It is now a felony for any person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to ship, transport, possess, or receive ...
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Posted on Aug 15, 2010 By Military Defense Attorney
A non-citizen will be denied admission to the US for a conviction or admitted commission of a Controlled Substance Offense, or if DHS has reason to believe the individual is a drug trafficker. There ...
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