Military judge refuses to dismiss sexual assault case against ex-Navy football player
Source: Wash. Post
A sexual-assault trial against a former Navy football player will go forward next month after defense attorneys failed to persuade a military judge to dismiss the case.
The judge, Col. Daniel Daugherty, has yet to issue a formal decision, but he outlined his views Monday to attorneys for midshipman Joshua Tate of Nashville and to lawyers for the alleged victim. Tate’s attorneys sought dismissal, claiming a lack of evidence in the case as well as bias on the part of the U.S. Naval Academy superintendent, who wields broad authority over the matter.
Earlier this month, the case against Tate looked as if it might fall apart after a former defendant-turned-prosecution witness cast doubt on the central allegations that the accuser was too drunk to consent to sexual activity.
Eric Graham of Eight Mile, Ala., was initially charged along with Tate and a third former teammate, Tra’ves Bush of Johnston, S.C., last spring, with sexually assaulting the woman at an April 2012 off-campus party. Charges against Bush and Graham were later dropped, and prosecutors granted Graham immunity in exchange for his deposition.
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YES! There's more hope for justice for Tate's victim!
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