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ACCA's web site's hearing calendar now includes the following:
The web site also includes this summary of the case:US v. Rosas
Potter
Goodson 20060075 2 1700, Thu., 5 Feb 2009
Tate,Holden,Maggs
(Hearing at Harvard Law School)
United States v. ROSAS (ARMY 20060075), 5 February 2009 at 1700HRSThe web site doesn't provide any guidance as to members of the public (including members of the military) without a Harvard i.d. would be admitted to the argument.
Ames Courtroom, Harvard Law School.
A general court-martial composed of a military judge alone convicted appellant, contrary to his pleas, of conspiracy to import, introduce, and/or distribute cocaine; three specifications (counts) of wrongful importation, introduction, and/or distribution of cocaine in the United States; seven specifications of wrongful distribution of cocaine; six specifications of wrongful transportation of currency (money laundering); wrongful transportation of firearm; and wrongful use, carrying, and/or possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of Articles 81, 112a, and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 881, 912a and 934 [hereinafter UCMJ]. The convening authority reduced the adjudged sentence to confinement from twenty-three years to twenty-two years and approved the remainder of the adjudged sentence to a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to Private E1.
Appellate defense counsel raised eight assignments of error for the court’s consideration. At argument, counsel will address Assignments of Error III-V (lack of corroboration of appellant’s confessions); Assignment of Error VI (lack of factual and legal sufficiency); and Assignment of Error VII (the military judge impermissibly imposed a maximum possible punishment as a minimum sentence for an assimilated firearms offense).
Judge Maggs is a Harvard Law alumnus. I don't know about the other two judges on the panel.
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Harvard's a good start -- the CCAs need to build legitimacy with policymakers and the public if some or all of the detainees are going to be transferred into MJ.
Other two judges- BG Tate- chief judge and commander of US Army Legal services agency; and COL Holden Senior judge for one of the panels.
Last time CAAF heard an oral argument at Harvard, the Court attracted an audience of about five non-court attendees. Good luck with that ACCA.
Potter has it right on all counts.
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