Military Law Resources
MILITARY JUSTICE REFERENCES:
- 2019 Manual For Courts-Martial
- 2016 Manual For Courts-Martial
- 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
- 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”
Military Rule of Evidence – MRE 413 & 414 Evidence of Similar Crimes in Sexual Assault & Child Molestation Cases
- 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
- Expert Witnesses in Military Courts Martial
- 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)
- Justification
- 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 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