Monthly Archives: August 2022
Robert Capovilla Receives Legal Award from ALM’s Daily Report
Robert Capovilla was recently honored by ALM’s Daily Report in the 2022 edition of the Georgia Legal Awards. Rob was named to the On The Rise category which recognizes Georgia’s most influential lawyers under the age of 40. The Daily Report editorial team was assisted in this year’s selection process by a panel of… Read More »
Voir Dire and Panel Selection
After your arraignment and motions hearings, and after the court has decided what kind of evidence it will and won’t allow, your trial officially begins with the selection of your panel. As we noted earlier the panel—the military’s term for jury—consists of eight servicemembers of your own rank or higher selected from a pool… Read More »
The “He Has Done It Before Rule”
Generally speaking, the rules for a court martial do not allow prosecutors to introduce as evidence other crimes committed by the defendant in the past. Military Rule of Evidence 413 is an exception. Rule 413 says that accusations of prior sexual misconduct can be admitted at a sexual assault court martial as evidence of… Read More »
Guest Dave Schlueter Joins Military Justice Today Podcast
We are very pleased to announce that attorney and professor Dave Schlueter recently joined the Military Justice Podcast to discuss some of the hottest topics in military law. In the episode, Dave weighs-in on changes to the National Defense Authorization Act as well as unanimous verdicts in the military courts. The guys also give… Read More »
Mickey Williams Named Rising Star
Mickey Williams was recently named to the list of Rising Stars by Georgia Super Lawyers, a division of Thomas Reuters. The honor is reserved for less than 3% of the attorneys in the state under the age of 40 and is based on a patented selection process that considers peer voting and independent research… Read More »
