tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post1063317511850570265..comments2023-08-24T10:39:23.460-04:00Comments on CAAFlog: Freddy Kruger makes a rare appearance in military case lawDwight Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11657981110237418710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-65452800946488731672007-06-25T18:58:00.000-04:002007-06-25T18:58:00.000-04:00The Court has gotten all wrapped around the axle w...The Court has gotten all wrapped around the axle with this issue. I suppose the more confusion the better. It allows the Court to become the de facto factfinder. <BR/><BR/>As the accused's statement does not appear to have been made in jest, I believe he meant to harm the convening authority when he got out of pretrial confinement. That's enough for me.Sacramentumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959553858265604586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34853720.post-31588696989827360742007-06-23T05:59:00.000-04:002007-06-23T05:59:00.000-04:00In a case I prosecuted, the accused, a QM3, had be...In a case I prosecuted, the accused, a QM3, had been put in pretrial confinement for something or other. Surrounded by guards inside the First Naval District's Fargo Building brig, he made this statement: "If I have to spend the rest of my enlistment in the brig, I personally will see that Commander Hratko [CO of USCG Base Boston, who put him into pretrial confinement] is taken care of." Ah, but brig time is not "good time" towards an enlistment. Is this a threat ["taken care of"] and, if so, is the contingency an impossible one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com