An Air Force judge on Thursday will weigh testimony on whether prosecutors wrongly withheld evidence that could have aided the defense of an Air Force Academy cadet convicted of sexual assault.
Lawyers for former cadet Stephan H. Claxton argue that his 2012 conviction is void because prosecutors failed to disclose that the government’s star witness in the case, former cadet Eric Thomas, was a confidential informant for military investigators. An appellate court ordered the academy hearing to gather evidence that will be used to determine Claxton’s fate.
During the 2012 court-martial, witnesses including Thomas described how a drunken Claxton locked himself in a room with an inebriated woman. Cadets, including Thomas, pushed their way in, fighting with Claxton on the way.
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