Quick question. Considering that Colonel Jessup admitted in court the ordering of a "code red" AFTER Lieutenant Kaffee was held in contempt. Wouldn't that make this admission irrelevant and thus stricken from the record? I understand this is a technicality.
I believe you're right.
There's a YouTube reaction video of a military lawyer going through this movie.... Theres a lot that is technically wrong about the legal stuff in this movie. Its not as much as a buzz kill as it sounds, it's actually a very entertaining and funny video that I enjoyed. Still doesn't ruin the movie for me.
https://youtu.be/SfZrnoo1GPM
Just finished watching it. Thank you for sharing that video link. I'm familiar with this lawyer's YouTube channel. Seen some of his videos before. He and his guess agreed that while a lot of it was "dramatic liberties". A Few Good Men is still a fairly accurate depiction on how military court works in real life.
Through they didn't say if the Colonel's admission of guilt held water after the fact 🤔
What comes out in court remains in the record unless stricken
Kaffee could "consider himself in contempt," but that didn't mean his question, "DID YOU ORDER THE CODE RED?" was automatically stricken, nor was Jessup's response.
Jessup answered after he'd been specifically told by the court that he did not HAVE to answer. He was not ordered not to answer, nor was there any objection raised AFTER Jessup said what he said. Either option could have resulted in Jessup's response being automatically stricken.
But since he was effectively given the OPTION not to answer, and answered anyway, his response wouldn't be automatically stricken.
Thank you for the clarification. Colonel Jessup should have kept his mouth shut when given the option to do so. Guess he was blinded by own rage and unable to think clearly at the moment.
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