MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS: Pretrial Publicity: Generally

2014 (September Term)

United States v. Akbar, 74 M.J. 364 (servicemembers are entitled to have their cases adjudged by fair and impartial court-martial panels whose evaluation is based solely upon the evidence, not pretrial publicity; pretrial publicity by itself is not enough, however, for a change of venue; instead, an accused is entitled to a change of venue if the pretrial publicity creates so great a prejudice against the accused that the accused cannot obtain a fair and impartial trial).   

2003


United States v. Simpson, 58 MJ 368 (members of the armed forces are entitled to have their cases adjudged by fair and impartial court-martial panels whose evaluation is based solely upon the evidence, and not upon prejudgment that may occur as a result of pretrial publicity).


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