General rule: guilty plea waives all issues which are not jurisdictional or do not deprive an accused of due process. Waived by the guilty plea: a. Suppression of evidence, confessions, identifications. See, e.g., United States v. Cooper, 32 M.J. 83 (C.M.A. 1991)(accused who pleaded guilty without condition or restriction to an offense of adultery did not preserve for […]
In case you have not heard, Bilecki Law Group won the first NCIS Sting Operation case in Okinawa defending an accused Chief Warrant Officer. Last week, a Marine Corps jury found a Warrant Officer Not Guilty of attempted sexual assault on a child, attempted sexual contact of a child, attempted lewd act on a child and attempted adultery. […]
Air Force Reservist Convicted of Misdemeanor Homicide after Crash that Killed Police Officer.
After SFC Gregory McQueen was charged with soliciting paid sex from female privates under his command and sentenced to two years in prison as well as being demoted to the rank of private, Col. Don Christensen, who was chief prosecutor for the Air Force, says that McQueen “exploited his rank and position of authority to abuse […]
Spice is an olive-colored plant material that can be laced with cannibinoid mimicking compounds. The ingredients of Spice can be several times more potent than the drug marijuana. Spice that contains HU-210 (or another controlled substance) is considered a controlled substance; however, Spice is available without controlled substances, which means the compound is not a controlled substance. […]
In a report that claims female privates in the military are so underpaid that they must resort to prostitution to survive, an unsettling discovery if it’s true, journalist Anna Mulrine has decided to focus on going after the men that solicited them rather than calling out the true issue. If women in the military really are struggling […]
SFC Gregory McQueen was recently sentenced to two years in prison and demoted for allegedly soliciting female privates for prostitution. Yet this apparently was not enough for his prosecutors, who are in disbelief that McQueen did not receive the five year sentence they were fighting for. In a civilian court, however, soliciting a prostitute would […]
Soldier Turns to Prostitution to Feed Family According to the media, large numbers of female Soldiers active in the military are claimed to be so poor that they must resort to prostitution in order to feed their infant children. That’s ridiculous. Their proposed solution? Five years in prison for the officer who allegedly solicited these […]
Using a flawed survey with an incredibly small pool of soldiers to begin with and grossly misused statistics, the GAO, the investigative arm of congress, is now trying to convince the population as well as officials within the military that male on male sexual assault is a rampant problem among the ranks. While hazing may […]