Category: Court of Appeals For The Armed Forces

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CONTACT US! This morning we received a phone call with a question about Article 31, UCMJ rights. The more you know, the better you can make informed decisions. Generally, we take the view that it is almost never a good decision to make a statement without consulting with counsel. There are several reasons for that:1)...

As a litigator, I can say that I have memorized the definition of reasonable doubt in each of the branches. Many times I have stood in front of a jury and discussed that definition.Each of the branches has slightly different definitions of reasonable doubt. The definition of reasonable doubt can often mean the difference between...

Yesterday, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces overturned a conviction in a case that a friend of the firm – and talented trial attorney – litigated at trial. The case was US v. Hoffman. You can read the opinion here. It is refreshing to see CAAF reverse a conviction because of an illegal search and...

We often get questions about what constitutes unlawful command influence. Here are some basics about how UCI functions in a court-martial. The defense, as the moving party, under United States v. Biagase, 50 M.J. 143, 150 (1999), bears the initial burden of eliciting “some evidence” of “facts which, if true, constitute unlawful command influence, and that the...