Coast Guard E-5
May 01, 2013OUTCOME: Page 7 counseling, and forced retirement
Accused of falsifying enlistment documents. Case referred to Special Court-Martial. Charges withdrawn as a result of negotiations.
Philip Douglas Cave's Legal Cases (85)
Washington, DC
Military law Lawyer at Washington, DC
Practice Areas: Military Law, Administrative Law
Colonel (O-6)
Apr 02, 2013OUTCOME: Article 15, nonjudicial punishment
Accused of serious sexual assault.
US v. Army E-6
Feb 07, 2013OUTCOME: Substantially less punishment than Art. 15.
Accused of assault on E-3. Command refused a company grade Art. 15, or no RIR FG offer. Sentenced to be reprimanded.
US v. Army O-1
Feb 04, 2013OUTCOME: So far so good.
Declined Art. 15 for BAH fraud. Command issued GOMR rather than go to court on very shaky case. 1. Security clearance denial successfully appealed. 2. Field Show Cause/BOI for discharge, successfu ... lly challenged and retained. 3. DFAS recoupment for alleged BAH fraud challenged - recoupment remitted. 4. DASEB pending on GOMR.
Marine pending adverse administrative actions
Dec 14, 2012OUTCOME: Resolved w/Page 11, and rehabilitative transfer.
Marine was pending Art. 15 (NJP) for various offenses and possible administrative separation. There were also various "maltreatment" of him issues.
Marine pending adverse administrative actions
Dec 14, 2012OUTCOME: Resolved w/Page 11, and rehabilitative transfer.
Marine was pending Art. 15 (NJP) for various offenses and possible administrative separation. There were also various "maltreatment" of him issues.
U.S. servicemen arrested for public indecency
Dec 07, 2012OUTCOME: Article 15, nonjudicial punishment
U.S. servicemen arrested for public indecency; client makes formal apology (An apology is considered a virtue in Japan. Apologies show that a person takes responsibility and avoids blaming others. When ... one apologizes and shows one’s remorse, the Japanese are more willing to forgive); Japanese Prosecution suspended for sailor accused of nudity in cafe (and jurisdiction ceded to the U.S. under the SOFA). Case disposed of at Captain’s Mast (Article. 15). Recommendation for administrative separation pending.
US Army E-6
Dec 07, 2012OUTCOME: Written counseling and retention
Alleged possession of drugs in quarters.
US v. Army E-3
Jun 15, 2012OUTCOME: Mixed findings, good sentence
Accused of raping spouse four times over three years, twice with a weapon; raping a girlfriend twice; multiple assaults, aggravated assaults, and threats against spouse; multiple assaults and weapon re ... lated threats against a second girlfriend; obstruction of justice. Found guilty of several assaults and threats on spouse and the second girlfriend, not guilty of all rapes, and most of the assaults. Sentenced to 18 months confinement and a bad conduct discharge.
A limited engagement
Apr 02, 2012OUTCOME: PTA
I was recently hired by a client for a limited purpose - to investigate and litigate a coerced four hour video-taped confession issue; the military lawyer was to take care of everything else. In the p ... rocess I was able to identify significant issues in the case that hadn't been considered or which could have lead to harmful information against the client. As a result we were able to pivot and negotiate a very favorable pretrial agreement in a case of child sexual abuse. This ended up with good damage control.
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