Release A050914a
Article 32 hearing set for Task Force Liberty Soldier
Baghdad , Iraq – The Article 32 Hearing for a Soldier charged in the deaths of two Task Force Liberty Soldiers is scheduled to begin Sept. 19.
Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, formerly of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division (Mechanized), is charged with two specifications of premeditated murder, violations of Article 118 (Murder), of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
An Article 32 hearing is a pre-trial investigation and is mandated by the UCMJ before court-martial proceedings take place. The purposes of the hearing are to inquire into the truth of the charges, to consider the form of the charges, to recommend disposition of the charges and to provide the accused and his or her counsel an opportunity to see the prosecution evidence before trial.
The United States Government preferred charges against Martinez , June 15 in the deaths of two Task Force Liberty Soldiers who died June 8 at Forward Operating Base Danger, near Tikrit , Iraq .
Capt. Phillip T. Esposito and 1st Lt. Louis E. Allen died of their wounds in what was initially thought to be from an indirect fire attack. Both officers were assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 42nd Infantry Division, New York Army National Guard. Esposito was the company commander and Allen served as a company operations officer.
Martinez is currently in pretrial confinement at a military confinement facility in Kuwait .
Martinez is 37 years old. His Military Occupational Specialty is 92Y (Supply Specialist).
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT MULTI-NATIONAL CORPS-IRAQ PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFCIER, BY E-MAIL AT BILLY.BUCKNER@IRAQ.CENTCOM.MIL OR (914) 360-6997.
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