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COURT-MARTIAL PARTICIPANT
ORAL (SPOKEN)
TYPED
Military Judge
JUDGE
MJ:
President (speaking as presiding officer)
PREZ
PRES:
Court Member
MEMBER LT DOE
MBR (LT DOE):
Trial Counsel
PROS
TC:
Assistant Trial Counsel
ATC
ATC:
Defense Counsel
DEF
DC:
Assistant Defense Counsel
ADC
ADC:
Individual Military Counsel
MC
IMC:
Individual Civilian Counsel
ICC
ICC:
Witness (when speaking but not answering a question
WITNESS
WIT
on examination)
Accused (when speaking but not answering a question
ACCUSED
ACC:
on examination as a witness on his or her own behalf)
SLIPS OF THE TONGUE, FALSE STARTS
the presence of the court members, and the reporter
You must record the testimony of witnesses and
the remarks of court personnel and transcribe
verbatim all slips of the tongue, false starts,
interruptions, and pauses. When the person speaking
interrupts himself or herself or pauses, use two
hyphens to show this interruption; example:
Q. What did he tell you?
A.
Well, I– –I’m not really certain.
When the person speaking is interrupted by another,
use four hyphens to show this type of interruption;
example:
Q. What did the commander tell you?
A.
He told me that– – – –
DC: I object. What the commander said is hearsay.
REPORTER’S REMARKS
Paragraph 49b of the MCM, in discussing the
duties of the reporter, states in part, “It is the duty of
the reporter to include in the record everything that is
said or takes place in open sessions, hearings out of
will omit no portion of these proceedings from the
record.” (Emphasis supplied.)
You must record such acts as a witness pointing to
the accused when identifying the accused, or any
other motion or movement of personnel in the
courtroom (other than spectators). Reporting these
reporter’s remarks is called ad libbing. Enclose your
remark in brackets, except SSEs, to show that it is a
reporter’s remark or an ad lib.
Report the swearing, opening, closing, recessing,
adjourning of the court, or the calling and excusing of
witnesses with SSEs. Notations by the reporter that
are required to be enclosed in brackets should
commence, if possible, on the same line or on the next
immediate line; for example: A. [Pointing in the
direction of the accused.] That’s him over there.
Insert other reporter notations, where brackets are
not required, two lines below the preceding line and
indent them two spaces from the left margin;
example:
Lieutenant (junior grade) Hatch, the challenged
member, withdrew from the courtroom.
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