Litigator Libations

77 - United States v. Wells and Child Witnesses


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Happy Holidays!  Today's episode discusses the recent CAAF case of United States v. Wells, where Airman Wells asserted that Clause 2 of Article 134 (acts made criminal where they act is of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed serves) is unconstitutionally void for vagueness.  The CAAF found the Clause constitutional and re-iterated that the government is not required to prove that anyone knew of the conduct or that it actually impacted any person's opinion of the armed services.  Because the CAAF relies on Parker v. Levy for the constitutionality of Article 134, I take a detour to discuss that case in hopes of putting it in context.  We then hear from Major Nicole Moukar from the Appellate Defense Division with some important considerations and strategies when working with child witnesses.

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