- 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
CAAF Opinion Digest · V.I.1 · Pretrial Publicity
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2 digested opinions, 2003–2014 Terms
2014 (September Term)
2003
- 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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