LTC Lakin Convicted of Failure to Obey Orders and Missing Movement

[Black Lion]

LTC Lakin Convicted of Failure to Obey Orders and Missing Movement

LTC Lakin was found guilty and sentenced today at Fort Meade by a jury of senior officers. They sentenced him to total forfeitures of pay, six-months confinement and a dismissal from the Army. The maximum jail time LTC Lakin faced was 36 months. He was transported to jail after a brief time to say goodbye to his parents and two brothers.

In a surprise move, his defense attorney, Neal Puckett, placed him on the stand and rifled him with hard questions about why he disobeyed his orders to deploy. Acting more like Lakin’s commander than his attorney, Puckett led him through his decision process which relied on advice and encouragement from supporters who seemed more interested in challenging the President’s authority than helping Lakin make better decisions as an Army officer.

Puckett raised his voice and proceeded to point out through questions and answers from Lakin how he had let down his family, the Army, his Soldiers, and those who need his medical services on the battlefield. This defense tactic totally surprised the client, but enabled the jury to see the depth and agony of the moral issues that led Lakin to make those choices.

In closing argument, Puckett asked the jury make Lakin repay his debt to the Army for the disruption he has caused by retaining him in the Army so that he could attend to the hard work of providing medical response to our military members who are daily being wounded in Afghanistan. His brigade commander had earlier testified that as a certified flight surgeon, family practice and occupational health care provider, his triple certification was extremely rare and a valuable resource to the Army.

In the end, this tactic of showing Lakin’s personal agony in his decision making and how remorseful he was at failing to deploy and serve the wounded on the battlefield saved Lakin 30 months of confinement. Mr. Puckett was retained to lead the defense team very late in the case. These past three days in trial were a last ditch effort to minimize Lakin’s punishment after he misinterpreted his previous attorney’s advice as encouragement to twice fail to report to his brigade commander. Those two failures to obey orders added two additional charges to his charge sheet.

http://www.puckettfaraj.com/2010/12/ltc-lakin-convicted-of-failure-to-obey-orders-and-missing-movement/

[Black Lion]

Lakin court-martial finale, -30-
By Dwight Sullivan,
The members’ sentencing deliberations lasted a surprisingly long time.  Deliberations started at 1057 and the sentence was announced at 1545.  Removing times when the court was in recess, the members deliberated for four-and-a-half hours.

At the start of the trial, the courtroom was almost full.  By its end, the courtroom was almost empty.  Just six birthers and a smattering of other observers remained.

An NCO came into the gallery before the final session commenced to ask everyone to exit the back of the courtroom once the court adjourned so LTC Lakin could have some time with his family.  (His parents and two brothers sat in the front row behind the defense table.)  The members then came out, Judge Lind inspected the sentence worksheet and the President read the sentence of total forfeitures, confinement for six months and a dismissal.  There was no reaction in the courtroom.  Judge Lind thanked the members, who quickly exited the courtroom.  Judge Lind asked each side if there was anything else to take up. Both sides’ counsel said no.  Judge Lind adjourned the court and it was over.

In light of military good-time regulations, LTC Lakin will probably be released from confinement five months from today.

No doubt we’ll have cause to revisit the Lakin case from time-to-time.  It will, after all, qualify for an automatic appeal to ACCA if the CA approves the dismissal.  But this post will end our obsessive constant coverage of the strange and sad case of United States v. LTC Terrence Lakin — a case that he and his supporters viewed as LTC Terrence Lakin v. Barack Obama but that was actually LTC Terrence Lakin v. United States Army.

http://www.caaflog.com/page/2/

[LOGIA]

MRS LAKIN is proving to be MUCH MORE convincing than Col Lind the very misguided judge! Wait and see!

[LOGIA]

thank you, Black Lion, for keeping the LTC LAKIN story vibrant! Every thread helps! Just like in SHOW BIZ, NO PR is BAD PR!

Ways to help LAKIN according to a recent OBAMA RELEASE YOUR RECORDS ARTICLE
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Terry arrived safely at Fort Leavenworth to begin serving his six month sentence following his conviction at court-martial.

If you want to contact Terry via mail please follow these guidelines carefully:

* Do not use rank or title. Only first name, last name, and registration number (see below).
* We can send him letters, greeting cards and post office money orders but nothing else.
* Do not send any packages, food, magazines, etc.

Send your mail to:
Terrance Lakin #89996
830 Sabalu Road
Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027

Pleading Terry's Case: Operation Free Dr. Lakin

Plead his Case

For those of you who inquired about clemency, please contact MAJOR GENERAL HORST, who was the convening authority for court-martial. MG Horst has the power to suspend or shorten LTC Lakin's sentence. His email address is: karl.horst@us.army.mil This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it · His fax number is 202-685-2801. You should call the PAO (Public Affairs Officer), Col. Robert Manning. The phone number to call is 202-685-4899.

[rikker]

OK, Logia, this is a little too much.      The man invited his courts martial and now he's doing time.

It isn't necessary to post his prisoner ID and his address.    You are pouring salt in his wounds.

[LOGIA]

LAKIN did what JODL "SHOULD HAVE DONE"
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http://www.thepostemail.com/2010/12/21/margaret-hemenway-to-military-officers-stop-using-the-nuremberg-defense/

Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff of the High Command of the German Armed Forces, at Nuremberg, claimed it was not the task of a soldier to act as judge over his supreme commander– but he was found guilty on all four counts- sentenced to death by hanging.  LTC Lakin has been sentenced to Leavenworth for doing what Jodl and others should have done- which was to question the legality of his orders, per his training as an officer.

[LOGIA]

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