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CAAFBlog on the Final Kennedy Brief

By Corey Rayburnyung

Col. Sullivan notes some of the positive aspects of the new Louisiana brief:Beyond this and other statements of respect for the military justice system, the brief engages in nuanced discussion of military law reflecting great familiarity with the system. In one passage sure to warm any military litigator's heart, Louisiana reminds the Supremes that their predecessors on the bench relied in part on the UCMJ when deciding Miranda. Id. at 7. The brief also knowledgeably discusses CMA and CMR decisions dealing with Coker's effect on the military justice system, id. at 17, and calls out Petitioner's counsel for ignoring a 1989 military capital prosecution for rape, id. at 14-15. The brief's most devastating point is delivered even deeper in the weeds...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on September 26, 2008 (boomark / email).