Oral Argument Audio Podcast

Oral Argument Audio Podcast

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Oral Argument Audio Podcast episodes

  • CAAF: United States v. Gonzalez, No. 19-0297/AR

    Argued on January 14, 2020.

    Issues :

    Granted issue: Whether the Army Court abused its discretion by reassessing the sentence after dismissing the most egregious specification, and offering the convening authority the option to approve an excessive sentence for the remaining specification in lieu of a rehearing.

    Specified issue: Whether Appellant waived or forfeited his objection to the Army Court’s instructions to the convening authority.

    CAAFlog case page: https://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-gonzalez/

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    29 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Wall, No. 19-0143/AR

    Argued on January 14, 2020.

    Issues:

    Granted issue: Whether after setting aside the sentence and ordering a remand, a service Court of Criminal Appeals is authorized to reassess the sentence and limit the lawful sentence the convening authority may approve.

    Specified issue: Whether the granted issue is ripe for review at this time.

    CAAFlog case page: https://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-wall/

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    37 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Finch, No. 19-0298/AR

    Argued on December 4, 2019.

    Issue
    :
    Whether the military judge erred in admitting over defense objection the video-recorded interview of AH by CID because it was not a prior consistent statement under Mil.R.Evid. 801(d)(1)(B).

    CAAFlog case page:

    http://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-finch-october-2019-term/

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    44 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Easterly, No. 19-0398/AF

    Argued on December 4, 2019.

    Issue:

    Whether the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals erred in finding that the military judge committed plain and prejudicial error by failing to instruct the panel sua sponte regarding the impact of a punitive discharge on Appellee’s potential permanent disability retirement where Appellee did not request such an instruction.

    CAAFlog case page: https://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-easterly/

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    45 min
  • NMCCA: United States v. Begani, No. 201800082 (reconsideration)

    Argued on November 20, 2019.

    Issues :

    I. Does Article 2 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice violate Appellant’s right to Equal Protection by subjecting him to court-martial as a member of the Fleet Reserve, if retired members of a reserve component are not subject to court-martial, except when receiving hospitalization from an armed force?
    II. Are members of the Fleet Reserve “similarly situated” for Equal Protection purposes with retired members of a regular component and retired members of a reserve component?
    III. What is the appropriate standard of review for this Court to apply to Article 2 in deciding an Equal Protection challenge?

    Prior coverage:

    • NMCCA opinion (withdrawn)
    • Blog post: The NMCCA torpedoes Article 2
    • Blog post: The fundamental flaw in the NMCCA’s decision in Begani
    • Blog post: NMCCA withdraws opinion, grants reconsideration

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    1 hr 5 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Turner, No. 19-0158/AR

    Argued on November 6, 2019.

    Issue:

    Whether the specification of Charge I alleging an attempted killing fails to state an offense because it does not explicitly, or by necessary implication, allege the attempted killing was unlawful.

    CAAFlog case page: https://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-turner/

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    36 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Davis, No. 19-0104/AR

    Argued on November 6, 2019.

    Issue:

    Whether the mens rea of “knowingly” applies to the consent element of Article 120c(a)(2), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 920c(2) (2016).

    CAAFlog case page: http://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-davis-october-2019-term/

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    28 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Muller, No. 19-0230/AF

    Argued on November 5, 2019.

    Issues :

    I. Whether rule 15.5 of the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals Rules of Practice and Procedure is invalid because it conflicts with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, this Court’s precedent, the Joint Courts of Criminal Appeals Rules of Practice and Procedure, the recently updated Joint Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the prior and current appellate rules of the other service Courts of Criminal Appeals.
    II. Whether the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals deprived Appellant of his due process right to raise issues on appeal when it denied his timely request to file a supplemental brief on issues arising during remand proceedings.
    III. Whether a Court of Criminal Appeals must require certificates of correction to be accomplished, vice accepting documents via a motion to attach, when it finds a record of trial to be incomplete due to a missing exhibit.

    CAAFlog case page: http://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-muller/

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    42 min
  • CAAF: United States v. Jessie, No. 19-0192/AR

    Argued on November 5, 2019.

    Issues
    :
    I. Whether the Army court erred by considering military confinement policies but refusing to consider specific evidence of Appellant’s confinement conditions.

    II. Whether the Army court conducted a valid Article 66 review when it failed to consider Appellant’s constitutional claims.

    III. Whether Appellant’s constitutional rights were violated by a confinement facility policy that barred him from all forms of communication with his minor children without an individualized assessment demonstrating that an absolute bar was necessary.

    CAAFlog case page:

    https://www.caaflog.com/category/october-2019-term/united-states-v-jessie/

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    36 min

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This podcast re-distributes audio of oral arguments at CAAF and the CCAs, and occasionally at other courts. The audio recordings are created by the individual courts and the recordings are generally…