Sentences with phrase «court martial fraternizers»

In hindsight, I was embarrassed to not have included the obvious choice of Flash of Genius for my law - related movies website, so I have updated my site to include that movie (along with Hart's War, a military court martial movie), bringing the total number of law - related movies on my site to 118 movies.

His practice encompasses serious drugs, fraud, violence and sexual offences which he combines with court martial work in the UK and overseas.

Such a commission may be appointed by any field commander, or by any commander competent to appoint a general court martial, as was General Styer, who had been vested with that power by order of the President.

Article 12 makes triable by general court martial «any other person who, by the law of war, is [triable] by military tribunals.»

AFA 2006 not only fails to recognise the judgment in Hood but goes further by conferring COs with more sentencing powers, and actively encourages minor offences to be dealt with internally by the CO (as the judicial power) as opposed to being dealt with by the more «independent» forum that is the district court martial (DCM).

The group offers legal advice on all matters impacting life in the forces and after, including personal injury, court martial, resettlement grants and medical negligence.

This logic is still retained on a residual basis in U.S. courts - martial where a court martial proceeding of an officer can only be tried by other officers (who must be of equal or greater rank, if possible).

The applicants have challenged the constitutionality of the National Defence Act and the jurisdiction of the court martial in such circumstances.

In your first few years as a Judge Advocate, you might be fully lititgating a criminal trial (a.k.a court martial), defending the U.S. Government against a taxpayer whose house got damaged by falling aircraft parts, or briefing troops on «shoot / don't shoot rules of engagement» and laws of armed conflict.

Many experienced criminal defense lawyers would agree the majority of a court martial is devoted to the prosecution's case.

For example, some astronauts are considered active duty military personnel and might be subject to court martial, and if the space ship was military, so might civilians on board.

The trial level is a court martial.

A military judge is always appointed to each court martial, but some courts martial also include a panel, which is roughly the equivalent of a jury in civilan criminal trials (but not the same).

As I mentioned above, there are but four Military Judges, and I'm not clear whether it is required that one of these preside over every court martial, or whether this scarce resource is reserved for special courts martial.

In 1838 it was argued that the ancient statute and court martial proceeding unlawfully stripped Shoulz of many applicable procedural protections, like right to counsel at the hearing.

Shoulz was also brought before a special court martial court, that limited his access to counsel at trial.

Can that get me a conviction for «indecent language» and a court martial?

In addition, the court will hear two court martial appeals, one of which challenges the National Defence Act for violating the defendant's right to prosecutorial independence.

A couple of different bloggers — Dwight Sullivan at CAAFlog and Danny Jacobs at On the Record — picked up on this piece of trivia from Sales» obits that I completely overlooked: He once served as an expert witness called to testify in the court martial of a sailor accused of tossing a pie into an officer's face.

The comedian and the Navy officer took opposing sides Thursday in the cream pie court martial, a clash between the traditions of Mack Sennett and Horatio Hornblower.

Their hardships are enhanced because of the provisions of Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which says that any military personnel who doesn't pay their bills «brings discredit to the US armed forces» and he or she is at a risk of losing their security clearance, promotions, and could even face a court martial for it.

And if that weren't enough, he «narrowly avoided a court martial when his novel The Adventures of Wesley Jackson was seen as advocating pacifism!»

Synopsis: A court martial sends a veteran soldier to a distant planet, where he has to destroy the remains of an alien race.

We're pretty sure the US Army is not going to like that and soon Doss, after enduring bullying, beatings and countless humiliations for his beliefs, is facing a court martial.

After two Tuskegee Airmen are brought to the camp, racial tensions between the Yankee prisoners erupt, leading to a murder and an extended court martial that casts doubt on the American prisoners» moral superiority in questions of race and justice.

A court martial sends a veteran soldier to a distant planet, where he is to destroy the remains of an alien race.

Under threat of court martial, he escorts dying Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) and his family from the cell they have been in for seven years to Montana.

Again playing against type in Stanley Kubrick's antiwar movie, Douglas brims with decency as a French colonel in World War I who fights against an unfair court martial of his men.

Among the fine supporting cast, Ben Foster stands out as a prisoner picked up along the way and headed for a court martial for wiping out a group of Native Americans, as does Rory Cochrane as Metz, a haunted associate of Blocker's.

Only the threat of a court martial and the loss of his army pension persuades him to reconsider.

i have witnessed 2 cases go to court martial and the perps were jailed for 5 to 6 years, labled as a sex offender and given a dishonorable discharge.

There's little doubt, then, that the picture improves substantially once it progresses into its admittedly erratic yet often riveting midsection, with the emphasis on the aforementioned soldiers» court martial perpetuating the engrossing atmosphere and paving the way for an unexpectedly spellbinding (and undeniably grim) final stretch.

However, when his commanding officer (Stephen Lang) threatens him with a court martial, he has no choice but to agree.

When he is assigned the task of escorting dying Cheyenne prisoner, Chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) to his Montana homeland as a last wish, Blocker is so furious that he almost refuses and risks court martial.

An army officer is threatened with court martial.

I was brought to Delta State for court martial and I was dismissed in 2014.

«Even though I am not a military officer, but I know that there is what us called orderly room trial or court martial, which military men who erred in the performance of their duties are made to go through.

After a court martial, Army Colonel Jeffery Nance recommended that Bergdahl be dishonorably discharged, demoted to private and forfeit $ 10,000 in pay.

According to be court martial, Adamu, a driver, was said to have shot one Umar Alka to death, following a disagreement at the Monday market in Maiduguri in an incident that occurred on December 23, 2015.

Lance Corporal Hassan Adam has been handed over a seven - year jail term by the general court martial (GCM) of the Nigerian Army after found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday.

Recall that Buratai had ordered the establishment of standing court martial to try any officers who show partisanship.

The acting General Commanding Officer of the 7 Division Brigadier General V Ezeugwu, said at the inauguration of the panel on Wednesday that the purpose of the court martial was to let the nation and the international community be aware that even in the face of carrying out its work it adheres to the best practices.

He was cleared of manslaughter in his 2006 court martial, however, while six others were fully acquitted.

The speech read by the Acting GOC at the inauguration of the court martial reads, «Following the directive from Army Headquarters (AHQ) that a standing General Court Martial (GCM) be set up for Op Lafiya Dole to try offences committed by personnel within the Theatre of Operation, I issued a Convening Order for a GCM on 5 August 2016 and the members were directed to assemble today at this venue for the formal inauguration of the GCM.

Following alleged involvement in dealing and selling of arms and ammunition to enemies of the nation, twenty soldiers comprising four officers and sixteen men of the Nigerian army have been arraigned before a court martial over charges of sabotage and conspiracy.

Details of names the soldiers involved in the court martial were kept from the media as sources said that until the court martial concludes its sitting, it would not want to reveal the names as the soldiers were still undergoing trial.

Inaugurating the court martial at the military media center in Maiduguri, the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier Victor Ezugwu, advised the president of the court and its members against unnecessary adjournments, while ensuring that justice is seen to be done to all parties.

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He said: «Even though I am not a military officer, but I know that there is what us called orderly room trial or court martial, which military men who erred in the performance of their duties are made to go through.

Last night an adjournment debate was held on SAS soldier Sergeant Danny Nightingale's court martial and imprisonment after illegally bringing home a pistol given to him by grateful Iraqis.