Court Martial Lawyer – Elemendorf Court Martial
An Elmendorf Airman stands accused of drugging his wife, forcing her to abort her unborn baby.
Prosecutors say she did not know about the drug until it was too late.
The trial is playing out on base. On average, court martials are pretty rare events on Elmendorf.
Airman First Class Scott Boie of Milton, Wisconsin is being charged on 4 counts, including causing the death of the unborn child his wife was carrying.
The Air Force confirmed that Airman Boie is also charged with assaulting his wife. Prosecutors say he put the drug Meisoprostol in her food without her knowledge.
High doses of the drug can cause the uterus to rupture and it can result in severe fetal brain damage and death.
Airman Boie is also accused of stealing a 1990 Nissan truck and then willfully and maliciously burning the automobile.
Air Force officials say the incidents described in the court martial happened between April and June of 2008.
The charges are proceeding under the guidlines established under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, a legal code which applies to military members regardless of duty location.
The Deputy staff Judge Advocate, Major Shane Cohen says, “he pled not guilty to the intentional killing of the unborn child but pled guilty to the attempt. With respect to the arson he pled guilty, and to the assault consummated by battery he pled guilty.”
A court martial is similar to a trial in the civilian world, except that the accused can request to be tried by a military judge alone or by a jury of officers or, if the accused is an enlisted members, they can request that up to 1/3 of the panel also be enlisted members.
Michael Waddington is a court martial lawyer – court martial attorney that defends military personnel worldwide as well as deployed civilian contractors subject to the UCMJ. He defends Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard, and civilian contractor court martial cases. He has successfully defended military personnel as a court martial lawyer Army Navy Marine & Air Force court martials in Germany, England, Italy, Iraq, Kuwait, Korea, Okinawa, Japan, Yokota, and throughout the United States. military-defense-lawyer-recentcases.htm.
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