Category: Marine Corps Courts Martial

CONTACT US! We receive a number of inquiries every month about maximum punishments under the Manual for Courts-Martial. Here is the maximum punishment chart for 2019. 2019 MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL COURT MARTIAL PUNISHMENT CHART

NEW 2019 MANUAL FOR COURTS-MARTIAL PDF Presidential OrderPart I, PreamblePart II, Rules for Courts-MartialPart III, Military Rules of EvidencePart IV, Punitive ArticlesPart V, Nonjudicial PunishmentAppendixSupplementary MaterialsNon-binding Guidance Changes to Jury Selection in 2019Here are the major changes to military practice for 2019. This is a very simplified guide to give potential accused members a general...

Yesterday we received a Brady notice regarding the military drug labs. Brady, of course, is a landmark Supreme Court case holding that in a criminal case the Government must turn over to the defense all information that tends to exonerate the accused. Basically, an employee of the military drug labs expressed concern that discrepancy codes at...

Marine Special Operations Command Marines are back in the news. On 4 March 2007, Marine Corps Special Operations Command members came under attack during a deployment to Afghanistan. After engaging the threat, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Counsel later alleged that upwards of 19 civilians were killed and 50 were injured. The commander of the unit, Major Galvin, is...

Among the matters you should consider are: [appropriate selections may be made from the following list] The accused’s age. The accused’s good military character as evidenced by Defense Exhibit(s) _____ and the testimony of _______. The accused’s record in the service for good conduct. The prior honorable discharge(s) of the accused. The combat record of...

I was recently at Fort Carson, Colorado. I came across a flyer from the Department of Justice titled “False Allegations of Adult Crimes Reference Guide.” The flyer has prompted me to write about false allegations and deception. This Part I will provide the data from the Department of Justice. The data apparently came from the...

In Part I of this blog series, I posted some data from the Department of Justice on false allegations. In Part II, I’ll discuss the literature on detecting lies. In Part III, we talk about nonverbal deception and facial expressions. In Part IV, I’ll talk about false confessions. I’ve spent the better part of the past decade studying...

Mr. Conway following a full acquittal at Fort Carson. It’s that time of year where we can look back and evaluate our results in trial for the year. On our results page, we’ve posted short summaries of all of the courts-martial that Mr. Conway appeared in. We may be the only firm that provides end of year litigation statistics....