45 - United States v. Talkington & Waiver of Privileges

In this week's episode we discuss the narrow  holding of United States v. Talkington regarding the member's use of a vague reference to sex offender registration in his unsworn, and compare that to a thoughtful presentation of the impacts of sex offender registration that are directly relevant to the principles of sentencing under RCM 1002(f).  We then discuss the waiver of privileges and address laying the foundation for what would be, but for the waiver, a privileged communication.