Murder/Assault Archives - JAG Defense

Airman Found NOT GUILTY of Stabbing Murder

Grover Baxley — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:19:41 +0000

Two U.S. Airmen were involved in a physical altercation with a German national at a local festival. During the altercation, the German national was stabbed four times. Regrettably, the victim passed away from his injuries. Our client was detained by German Polizei and questioned. During that questioning, our client allegedly confessed to stabbing the victim. […]

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Attempted Murder and Rape Charges Dismissed

Firm Updates — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 14:06:31 +0000

A Navy Sailor was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and rape following an altercation with his girlfriend. The charges included allegations that he punched, strangled, and smothered his girlfriend before slamming her head into the floor until she lost consciousness. The girlfriend then claimed that the Sailor raped her while she was unconscious. During […]

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Air Force E-3 Retained and Sentence Reduced in Involuntary Manslaughter Court-Martial

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:21:07 +0000

Our client was an Air Force E-3 who was riding on his motorcycle with a friend when they were involved in a horrific crash. Regrettably, our client’s friend was killed due to injuries sustained in the accident. As a result of his death, the Air Force charged our client with Involuntary Manslaughter and referred the […]

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Air Force E-3 Acquitted of Aggravated Assault Charge Based on Self-Defense

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:20:37 +0000

After a night of drinking, an Air Force E-3 stabbed another Airman. At his subsequent court-martial for Aggravated Assault and Underage Drinking, we were able to develop evidence that our client, an Airman small in stature, was under a threat of physical attack from a much larger individual who was substantially intoxicated at the time. […]

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JAG Defense Negotiated for Naval Officer’s Multiple Charges to be Dismissed

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:19:01 +0000

A 22-year Naval Officer was charged with attempted murder, reckless endangerment, and destruction of property. These charges were all the result of his admitted cutting of the emergency brake cable and rear brake line on an enlisted member’s car. Despite extensive pretrial investigation and negotiations, our client’s command initially refused to withdraw the attempted murder […]

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Negligent Homicide Charges Withdrawn and Dismissed for Air Force E-3

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:18:17 +0000

Air Force E-3 ran over and killed a retiree on Kadena AB and was charged with Negligent Homicide. After extensive pretrial negotiations, we convinced our client’s Commander to WITHDRAW AND DISMISS the charge. Instead, our client received only a Letter of Admonishment for “not driving carefully enough.”

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Charges Dropped for Navy E-5 Charged with Aggravated Assault

Firm Updates — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:13:52 +0000

Navy E-5 was charged with attacking 4 security personnel during an interrogation. At the time he retained our services, our client’s command had referred his case to a Special Court-Martial, where he faced up to a year in jail, a federal criminal record, and a punitive discharge. After extensive negotiations with his command, we were […]

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