Court Martial Attorney – Marine recruiter gets 3 years for sexual assault
SAN DIEGO: A jury panel at Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego has sentenced a recruiter to three years in prison for sexually assaulting a 20-year-old Marine last year.
Sgt. David M. Marshall, 27, had been convicted of aggravated sexual assault and procuring alcohol for an underage person, a Marine spokesman said.
During the court martial, prosecutors accused Marshall of buying drinks for the female Marine at several bars in Lubbock, Texas, then taking her home and forcing her to have sex with him. Marshall’s lawyers contended the sex was consensual.
The panel of five officers and three enlisted Marines delivered its sentence Wednesday. It ordered that Marshall be reduced to the lowest enlisted rank. It also took away his pay for the duration of his sentence and handed him a bad-conduct discharge.
Marshall served as a recruiter in Texas, but the trial was held at the depot because San Diego is the command headquarters for Marine recruiters in the Western United States. –S.L.
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