Military Law Resources

MILITARY JUSTICE REFERENCES:

• 2014 Judges Benchbook DA Pam 27-9 (10 Sep 14)
• 2014 Manual For Courts-Martial
• 2012 Manual For Courts-Martial
• 2008 Manual for Courts-Martial
• Army Enlisted Separations
• Army Officer Separations
• Air Force Enlisted Separations
• Air Force Officer Separations

MILITARY LAW TOPICS:

• Accessory After the Fact
• Appeals
• Attempts
• Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA)
• Confrontation Clause
• Conspiracy
• Corrections and Post-Conviction Consequences
• Court-Martial Personnel
• Discovery and Expert Assistants
• Findings Argument
• Guilty Pleas in the Military: Multiplicity & Pleadings 
  • Naked guilty pleas 
  • When pleading naked should be considered
  • Alternatives to pleading naked
• Improper Superior-Subordinate Relationships & Fraternization (ISSRFRT)
• Jurisdiction and Competence of Court Martial
• Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA)
• Article 32 Pretrial Investigations 
• Referral of Charges
• Pretrial Agreements 
• Substance to Form
• Summary Court-Martial
• Classified Evidence in a Court Martial
• Military Rule of Evidence – MRE 412 “Rape Shield Law”
  • MRE 412 Background
  • MRE 412 Statute
  • Specific Instances of Sexual Conduct
  • Exceptions to MRE 412
  • Requirements for Admission of MRE 412 Evidence
  • Procedural Issues with MRE 412
• Military Rule of Evidence – MRE 413 & 414 Evidence of Similar Crimes in Sexual Assault & Child Molestation Cases
  • MRE 413 & 414 Background
  • MRE 413 & 414 Statutes
  • Scope of MRE 413 & 414
  • Judicial Instructions for MRE 413 & 414
  • Elements to be Established
• Voir Dire & Jury Panel Selection in Military Courts
  • Introduction to Military Voir Dire
  • Voire Dire in Military Courts
  • Written questions before Voir Dire
  • Military Judge’s Voir Dire
  • Counsel’s Voir Dire
  • Challenges Panel Members for Cause
  • Preemptory Challenges on Panel Members
  • Challenging the Entire Panel in a Court Martial
  • Theories on Voir Dire in Military Courts
  • Sample Voir Dire
• Pretrial Restraint & Pretrial Confinement in the Military
  • When may a person be restrained? 
  • Types of pretrial restraint
  • Who may order confinement?
  • Pretrial confinement
  • Advice to the accused upon confinement and request of military counsel
  • 48 hour review
  • Commander’s 72 hour review
  • 7 day review (Military Magistrate Program)
  • Military Judge review
  • Sentence credit for pretrial confinement
  • Allen credit
  • Mason credit
  • R.C.M. 305(k) credit
  • Credit for violations of Article 13: Unduly harsh circumstances and  pretrial punishment
  • Applying sentence credits
  • Litigating issues related to pretrial confinement
• Sex Assault Crimes in the Military
  • Revisions to the U.C.M.J. in 2007
  • Rape MCM 45 (b)(1) – Rape in the Military
  • Aggravated Sexual Assault MCM 45b(3) – Article 120 UCMJ
  • Aggravated Sexual Contact MCM 45b(5) – Article 120 UCMJ
  • Abusive Sexual Contact MCM 45b(8) – Article 120 UCMJ
  • Wrongful Sexual Contact MCM 45b(13) – Article 120 UCMJ
  • Indecent Act & Indecent Exposure
  • Forcible Pandering or Forced Prostitution MCM 45b(12)
• Military Sexual Crimes Involving Children
• Affirmative Defenses in Military Sexual Assault Cases
• Classified Evidence in a Court Martial
  • What can be classified?
  • Levels of classification & Compartmented information
  • The Classification Process
  • Duration of classification
  • Information not subject to classification
  • Challenging classification & Document making
  • Declassification
  • Classification review
  • Government secrets privilege
  • Common law government secrets privilege
  • Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA)
  • Military Rule of Evidence 505
  • Relevant Court Martial procedure
  • Pre-preferral
  • Counsel for the defendant
  • Investigation
  • Discovery
  • Defense duty of notification
  • In Camera proceeding
  • Closed courtroom proceedings
• Speedy Trial in the Military
  • R.C.M. 707: The 120 Day rule
  • R.C.M. 707(b)(3): Restarting the clock  at zero
  • R.C.M. 707(c): Excludable delays
  • R.C.M. 707(d): Remedy for violation
  • UCMJ Art. 10: Pretrial confinement and arrest
  • Sixth Amendment Right to a Speedy Trial
  • Fifth Amendment Right to Due Process
• Expert Witnesses in Military Courts Martial
  • Using an Expert Assistant in the Military
  • Forensic Expert Witnesses
  •  Sample Questions for Qualifying a Forensic Psychologist as an Expert
• Principals. UCMJ ART. 77
• Lesser Included Offenses. UCMJ ART. 79
• Defenses
  • Special Defenses & Other Defenses  
  • Procedure for raising defenses
  • Accident Defense
  • Defective causation & Intervening cause
  • Duress
  • Inability and Impossibility
  • Entrapment
  • Self-defense
  • Defense of another
  • Intoxication
  • Mistaken belief or Ignorance
  • Mental Responsibility and Competency to Stand Trial (UCMJ Art. 44)
    • Mental responsibility
    • Partial mental responsibility
    • Intoxication
    • Competency to stand trial
    • The Sanity Board
    • Trial Considerations
  • Justification
    • Protection of Property
    • Performance of Duty
    • Obedience to Orders
    • The Right to Resist Restraint
    • Parental Discipline
  • Alibi
  • Voluntary abandonment
  • Miscellaneous defenses
  • Statute of Limitations
  • Former jeopardy – Double Jeopardy

SEXUAL ASSAULT DoD RESOURCES:

• ARMY SHARP
• MARINE CORPS SAPR
• NAVY SAPR
• AIR FORCE SAPR
• NATIONAL GUARD SAPR
• COAST GUARD SAPRO
• About SAPRO
• Reports to Congress
• Research & Reports
• DoD Policy
• SAAPM Campaign

UCMJ CRIMINAL LAW DESKBOOK

• Cross Exam Basics
• Interviewing Witnesses
• Overview of the Military Justice System
• Professional Responsibility
• Unlawful Command Influence
• Criminal trial advocacy
• Victim/Witness Assistance Program (VWAP)
• Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program, Domestic Abuse Program Court-Martial Jurisdiction
• Initiation and Disposition of Charges
• Nonjudicial Punishment – Article 15, UCMJ Summary Courts-Martial
• Pretrial Restraint & Speedy Trial
• Discovery and Production
• Search and Seizure
• Self-Incrimination
• Sentencing and Sentencing Credit
• Sentencing Argument
• Article 32 Pretrial Investigations
• Article 34 Pretrial Advice
• Pleas and Pretrial Agreements
• Court-Martial Personnel
• Writs & Government Appeals
• Post-Trial Procedures and Appeals Corrections, Clemency & Parole
• Urinalysis

DoD MILITARY SEXUAL ARTICLES:

• Army Streamlines Sexual Assault Reporting, Case Management
• New DOD Safe Helpline Mobile App Now Available

DoD MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCES:

• DOD Safe Helpline
• U.S. Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response

DoD MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT RELATED LINKS:

• Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military
• DOD Fiscal Year 2013 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military Fact Sheet
• White House Fact Sheet: Not Alone – Protecting Students from Sexual Assault
• U.S. Army Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Website
• Initiatives to Combat Sexual Assault in the Military
• Chairman’s Corner: Sexual Assault Prevention, Response
• U.S. Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program