The JAG Journal, Volume 26Office of the Judge Advocate General, Department of the Navy, 1971 - Courts-martial and courts of inquiry |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
19 USCMA 20 USCMA accepted accused accused's action admiralty admiralty law AFBR Alford applied appointment arrest Article attorney CALIFORNIA LIBRARY charged civil office civilian Code command committed Congress conscientious objector constitutional Convention conviction Court of Military court-martial crime criminal damages decision defendant's defense counsel deposition determination discharge disloyal District domicile duty evidence exclusionary rule fact fairways Federal Government guilty plea impeachment investigating officer issue JAGC Judge Advocate judicial jurisdiction jury law of war liability Lieutenant limited M'Naghten rules Manual Manual for Courts-Martial Marine maritime ment Military Appeals military judge Military Justice Miranda Naval Navy O'Callahan offense opinion person plea of guilty plead guilty pretrial investigation procedure prohibition provides question reasonable Reid State Park result retroactivity sentence serviceman ship statements statute Supp supra note Supreme Court testimony tion tort trial judge UCMJ USNR violations witness
Popular passages
Page 254 - Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress.
Page 210 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 205 - These freedoms, and others which are recognized by the general principles of international law, shall be exercised by all States with reasonable regard to the interests of other States in their exercise of the freedom of the high seas.
Page 1 - He must be warned prior to any questioning that he has the right to remain silent, that anything he says can be used against him in a court of law, that he has the right to the presence of an attorney, and that if he cannot afford an attorney one will be appointed for him prior to any questioning if he so desires.
Page 126 - For a public offense committed or attempted in his presence. 2. When a person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence. 3. When a felony has in fact been committed, and he has reasonable cause for believing the person arrested to have committed it.
Page 204 - Foreign ships exercising the right of innocent passage shall comply with the laws and regulations enacted by the coastal State in conformity with these articles and other rules of international law and, in particular, with such laws and regulations relating to transport and navigation.
Page 63 - There are under the Constitution three kinds of military jurisdiction: one to be exercised both in peace and war; another to be exercised in time of foreign war without the boundaries of the United States, or in time of rebellion and civil war within states or districts occupied by rebels treated *as belligerents...
Page 76 - A person is not responsible for criminal conduct if at the time of such conduct as a result of mental disease or defect...
Page 219 - ... was wholly caused by the negligence or other wrongful act of any Government or other authority responsible for the maintenance of lights or other navigational aids in the exercise of that function.
Page 5 - ... exculpatory." If a statement made were in fact truly exculpatory it would, of course, never be used by the prosecution. In fact, statements merely intended to be exculpatory by the defendant are often used to impeach his testimony at trial or to demonstrate untruths in the statement given under interrogation and thus to prove guilt by implication. These statements are incriminating in any meaningful sense of the word and may not be used without the full warnings and effective waiver required...