Army E-6 Found Not Guilty After Testing Positive for Marijuana

Army E-6 tested positive for marijuana on a command sweep urinalysis. He was offered an Article 15, but followed our advice in turning it down and demanding a court-martial. During exhaustive pretrial preparation, we identified errors and deviations from the Army Regulation governing urinalysis collection. At trial, we attacked the collection procedures used by his […]

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Full Acquittal Found for Army E-6 After Positive Urinalysis Test

Army E-6 tested positive on a military urinalysis test for cocaine. During his interview with CID, he denied using cocaine as alleged. His command offered him a Field Grade Article 15 for cocaine use and false official statement, which would have prompted administrative separation processing and ended his career. Based upon the advice of JAG […]

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Full Acquittal for Army E-3 After Positive Urinalysis Test for Cocaine

Army E-5 tested positive on a urinalysis test for cocaine. At his ensuing court-martial for cocaine use, we raised the possibility of unknowing/innocent ingestion. We were able to do so without even subjecting our client to the risks of testifying. In addition, we presented compelling evidence of our client’s exceptional military character through the testimony […]

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Client Able to Retire from Army without Punitive Discharge

Army E-7 with 23 years of service was charged with entitlement fraud spanning two years in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. After a partial acquittal, the Government argued for two years confinement and a Bad Conduct Discharge. The sentence adjudged did not include any jail time or a punitive discharge. RESULT: Our client was […]

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Army O-4 Retained After Repeated Alcohol-Related Incidents

An Army Major with 15 years of active duty service engaged in repeated alcohol-related incidents over the course of 3 years. These incidents included allegations of passing out in an airport while TDY, verbally abusing a subordinate over the telephone, falling down stairs and injuring himself while TDY, and failing to report to the start […]

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Volatile Situation Involving Senior Officer Resolved Administratively

Army O-4 was investigated for disrespect, insubordination, and false imprisonment of a senior officer. The allegations stemmed from an extremely heated argument with his superior officer. The command was initially considering an Article 15 or court-martial, a referral OER, and had cancelled our client’s upcoming PCS and XO assignment. Upon retention, we assisted our client […]

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Army E-5 AWOL Charges Withdrawn and Dismissed, No Jail Time or Punitive Discharge

Army E-5 deserted on the eve of deployment and remained away for 3+ years. Upon his apprehension by civilian authorities, he was transported back to his prior duty station. His command preferred a General Court-Martial charge against him where he faced the possibility of 3 years confinement and a Dishonorable Discharge. JAG Defense worked with […]

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Charges Dismissed in Army E-4 Child Pornography Case

Army E-4 was charged with possession of child pornography and was facing the possibility of 10 years confinement, a dishonorable discharge, and a sex offender registration. At his Article 32 hearing, our knowledgeable cross-examination of the government’s forensic computer expert highlighted the government’s inability to prove that our client ever viewed the files of child […]

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Army E-7 Found Not Guilty of Dereliction of Duty

Army E-4 abused inhalants while on duty in Iraq. A year later, a disgruntled Soldier posted a video of the inhalant abuse on YouTube and alleged that our client, an Army E-7, was aware of the abuse and took no action against the Soldier. As a result, the command charged our client with dereliction of […]

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