Midshipman Faces New Charges in Sexual Assault Case

[Zaphod]

<p>I’m beginning to see some similarities to the Duke “rape” case…</p>

<p>Sheesh. What a mess.</p>

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Former Navy football player Morrison accused of indecent assault</p>

<p>Published in today’s BS:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison08mar08,0,3677269.story?coll=bal-local-arundel[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison08mar08,0,3677269.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The Naval Academy superintendent’s hard line against sexual abuse will play a role in next month’s trial of a former Navy football player, after a military judge’s ruling yesterday. </p>

<p>Marine Col. Steven F. Day will give attorneys for Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, more leeway in choosing a jury, going along with a previous judge who questioned e-mails and a training video distributed by Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt…

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[USNA69]

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Sheesh. What a mess.

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<p>What am I missing here? Rape charges were dropped. That only leaves consensual sex. So he is being charged for Conduct Unbecoming an Officer. When are the same charges going to be levied against the other parties?</p>

[Zaphod]

<p>LOL!</p>

<p>Come on, shipmate. You know better than to ask that. :rolleyes:</p>

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Jury selection begins in sexual misconduct case of senior midshipman</p>

<p>Published in the BS:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-morrison0402,1,6497604.story[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-morrison0402,1,6497604.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Jury selection began this morning in the sexual misconduct court-martial of a former Naval Academy football player, a case which has been largely overshadowed by that of standout Navy quarterback Lamar S. Owens Jr.</p>

<p>Senior Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, was kept from graduating last year to stand trial on charges of indecent assault and conduct unbecoming an officer for his alleged actions in two separate incidents which took place in February 2006 and April 2006…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the BS:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison03apr03,0,1383502.story?coll=bal-local-arundel[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison03apr03,0,1383502.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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In a marathon day in court that foreshadowed the key elements of a former Navy football player’s military trial on sexual misconduct charges, prosecution and defense lawyers whittled down a potential jury pool from 15 officers to four yesterday.</p>

<p>The Naval Academy officers answered detailed, personal questions on a variety of topics, including Navy football, sexual assault at the academy, the definition of “indecent” sex and the credibility of an alleged victim who admitted to drinking alcohol underage and who did not cry out for help while she was allegedly being assaulted…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_morrison_courtmartial_070402/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_morrison_courtmartial_070402/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Jury selection in the court-martial of a former Naval Academy football player charged with sexually assaulting two female midshipmen last year will continue Tuesday morning at the Washington (D.C.) Navy Yard.</p>

<p>Midshipman 1st Class Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, is charged with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer after the two women accused him of having sex with them while they were intoxicated. Both women say they did not consent…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>Numerous officers disqualified for prejudice, conflicts</p>

<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href=“Real Estate – Capital Gazette”>Real Estate – Capital Gazette;

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So many members of a jury pool were disqualified yesterday that a military court was unable to seat a jury in the indecent assault case against a midshipman charged with having sex with two female mids against their will.</p>

<p>The panel consisted of 15 members, all officers stationed at the Naval Academy. In the end, only four were deemed eligible to serve on the jury in the trial of Midshipman 1st Class Kenny Ray Morrison, who’s charged with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer…

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[Zaphod]

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Each side normally can challenge one juror without cause, but in this case the defense was allowed two, compensating for the fact that Adm. Rempt might have prejudiced jurors by sending out e-mails last year to the academy faculty and staff, stating the school’s zero tolerance for sexual harassment and abuse.

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<p>Of course, if he HADN’T sent out such a message, the usual suspects would be crawling down his throat for not taking the problem seriously enough.</p>

<p>What a fracking circus. :mad:</p>

[USNA69]

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What a fracking circus

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<p>Yep, this is the one where the accusors testified that Morrison had sneaked them a “date rape” drug when in fact they had only drank themselves into oblivion. Independent laboratory tests of hair samples proved that they had not had any of the drug in their systems.</p>

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Marine colonel among those dismissed in sexual assault case; jury selection to continue Wednesday</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_academymorrison_juryselection_070403w/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_academymorrison_juryselection_070403w/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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A Naval Academy official criticized the direction of the academy has taken under the leadership of Superintendent Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt during the jury selection phase of the court-martial of a former Navy football player accused of sexually assaulting two female midshipman.</p>

<p>Midshipman 1st Class Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, is charged with two counts of indecent assault and two counts of conduct unbecoming an officer and could face more than 10 years in prison, a dishonorable discharge and forfeiture of pay and allowances if he is convicted on all counts…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the BS:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison04apr04,0,1842256.story?coll=bal-local-arundel[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison04apr04,0,1842256.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The court-martial of a former Navy football player accused of sexually assaulting two female midshipmen stalled before it started yesterday after all five new prospective jurors were barred from joining the four military officers who made it through a vigorous screening process Monday.</p>

<p>Before the trial of Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, can get under way, the judge and lawyers will have to screen a third pool of jury candidates today in hopes of acquiring a fifth member…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-morrison0404,1,6628678.story[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-morrison0404,1,6628678.story&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Opening statements were scheduled for Thursday morning in the court-martial of a Navy midshipman accused of sexually assaulting two female students from the military academy.</p>

<p>Lawyers for Kenny Ray Morrison and Navy prosecutors picked a jury of seven Marine and Navy officers today after three days of lengthy questioning. The jurors are all officers at the Annapolis academy…

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[Sheepdog]

<p>Occam’s Razor.</p>

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_morrison_jury_070404/[/url]”>http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/04/navy_morrison_jury_070404/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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A jury that will determine the fate of a former Naval Academy football player accused of sexually assaulting two female midshipmen was seated Wednesday, even as a defense attorney accused the Academy?s superintendent of attempting to stack the jury in an effort to secure a conviction.</p>

<p>Two Navy officers and one Marine officer were chosen Wednesday to serve alongside four officers chosen Monday, completing a jury selection process that took three of the four days that the court-martial of Midshipman 1st Class Kenny Ray Morrison, 24, had been scheduled for…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the BS:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison05apr05,0,2301010.story?coll=bal-local-arundel[/url]”>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-md.ar.morrison05apr05,0,2301010.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Two Marine Corps officers in the jury pool for the sexual misconduct military trial of a former Naval Academy football player said yesterday that they believe the school’s superintendent wants a guilty verdict in the case.</p>

<p>“I think he’s already made up his mind,” said one officer, who added that he suspected Vice Adm. Rodney P. Rempt had brought charges to make an example out of Kenny Ray Morrison, 24…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the Washington Compost:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040500277.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/05/AR2007040500277.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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A military jury is poised to hear the sexual assault case of a Navy midshipman – the second such case in less than a year.</p>

<p>Opening statements were scheduled for Thursday morning in the court-martial of Kenny Ray Morrison, who is accused of sexually assaulting two female students from the Naval military academy…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>A military jury is poised to hear the sexual assault case of a Navy midshipman the second such case in less than a year.</p>

<p>Opening statements were scheduled for Thursday morning in the court-martial of Kenny Ray Morrison, who is accused of sexually assaulting two female students from the Naval military academy. </p>

<p>Lawyers for Morrison and Navy prosecutors picked a jury of seven Marine and Navy officers Wednesday after three days of lengthy questioning. The jurors are all officers at the Annapolis, Md., academy.</p>

<p>Morrison, 24, of Kingwood, Texas, faces charges that include indecent assault and conduct unbecoming an officer for two separate encounters last year involving female midshipmen after nights of drinking.</p>

<p>He is one of two midshipman accused last year of sexual assault. Lamar Owens Jr., the former star quarterback of Navy’s football team, was cleared of rape charges last year but academy superintendent Vice Adm. Rodney Rempt has recommended Owens be dismissed from the academy without graduating.</p>

<p>Morrison’s lawyers have alleged that Rempt is unfairly pursuing the case because of political pressure to do more to stanch sexual abuse at the academy. Prospective jurors were asked whether they thought Rempt was influencing the case. At least one seated on the final panel said he believed Rempt wanted to make an example of Morrison.</p>

<p>William Ferris, Morrison’s civilian lawyer, also complained about the makeup of the jury pool, which is selected by Rempt. Most of the 30 prospective jurors were relatively senior officers, which Ferris implied was an attempt to make it easier to win a conviction. Navy prosecutors, however, denied the charge.</p>

<p>“There is not one shred of evidence that the superintendent… has endeavored in any way to stack this panel,” said Lt. Cmdr. Colin Kisor.</p>

<p>Copyright 2007 Associated Press
All Rights Reserved
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April 5, 2007 Thursday 9:12 AM GMT</p>

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/04_05-46/NAV[/url]”>http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/04_05-46/NAV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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After three days of questioning potential jurors, a military court yesterday selected a jury for the trail of a Naval Academy midshipman charged with committing indecent assault on two female midshipmen.</p>

<p>The jury in the case against Midshipman 1st Class Kenny Ray Morrison consists of six men and one woman. On the jury are three Navy captains, one commander, a lieutenant commander and two Marine Corps majors…

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[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the Annapolis Capital:</p>

<p><a href=“Real Estate – Capital Gazette”>Real Estate – Capital Gazette;

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A Naval Academy senior told a military jury in Washington, D.C. this morning that Midshipman 1st Class Kenny Ray Morrison had sex with her three times on the night of Feb. 3, 2006, even though she protested.</p>

<p>The woman, now a senior, said she had been drinking heavily that night starting with dinner at Chili’s Restaurant in Annapolis and continuing at a party mids were having in a Washington hotel…

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