Beth Harvey 
The Court of Appeals recently released its opinion in United States v. Shelby. Sergeant Shelby was initially charged with several offenses in January 2022. The most serious of these charges was one alleging abusive sexual contact, a violation of Article 120, UCMJ. Before those charges were tried at court-martial, the Military Judge found that the … Read more
NMCCA issued an opinion in the case of US v Lewis this week. Sgt Lewis was convicted of three specifications of failure to obey a lawful order, one specification of sexual assault by causing bodily harm, one specification of indecent viewing, and one specification of assault consummated by a battery. On appeal, Sgt Lewis argued … Read more