Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07MANILA467
2007-02-09 09:11:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manila
Cable title:
MARINE CASE UPDATE 02/09/2007
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UNCLAS MANILA 000467
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
SUBJECT: MARINE CASE UPDATE 02/09/2007
REF: MANILA 393 AND PREVIOUS
UNCLAS MANILA 000467
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
SUBJECT: MARINE CASE UPDATE 02/09/2007
REF: MANILA 393 AND PREVIOUS
1. (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S.
custody on Chancery grounds and continues to be in good
health and spirits. He receives regular visits from his
Philippine pastors and his lawyers, and is able to exercise
on the Embassy grounds.
2. (SBU) Department of Interior and Local Government
Undersecretary Corpus visited Smith February 7. The visit --
the first since January 5 -- lasted less than 15 minutes and
was without incident.
3. (U) There have been no case-related demonstrations in
front of or near the U.S. Embassy since February 2. Media
coverage of the case continues to decrease and articles
appear infrequently.
4. (U) The Court of Appeals has yet to receive the Makati
Regional Trial Court's certified and complete record of the
case. Upon such receipt, the Court of Appeals will notify
defense counsel, which will then have 30 days to file Smith's
appellate brief.
5. (U) The defense counsel and the Solicitor General's
office have each filed a response to a petition by the
Private Prosecutor to the Supreme Court that it nullify the
Philippine government's transfer of Smith to U.S. custody.
6. (U) In a separate proceeding, the Supreme Court ruled on
February 6 that the Private Prosecutor's petition to declare
Article V paragraph 6 of the Visiting Forces Agreement
"unconstitutional" was moot. In its decision, the Supreme
Court said the issue whether the U.S. obligation to present
the accused for trial continues after one year was "merely
academic . . . since the one-year period was not exceeded."
Visit Embassy Manila's Classified SIPRNET website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm
You can also access this site through the State Department's
Classified SIPRNET website:
http:// www.state.sgov.gov/
KENNEY
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PREL MARR KCRM CASC RP
SUBJECT: MARINE CASE UPDATE 02/09/2007
REF: MANILA 393 AND PREVIOUS
1. (U) Lance Corporal Daniel J. Smith remains in U.S.
custody on Chancery grounds and continues to be in good
health and spirits. He receives regular visits from his
Philippine pastors and his lawyers, and is able to exercise
on the Embassy grounds.
2. (SBU) Department of Interior and Local Government
Undersecretary Corpus visited Smith February 7. The visit --
the first since January 5 -- lasted less than 15 minutes and
was without incident.
3. (U) There have been no case-related demonstrations in
front of or near the U.S. Embassy since February 2. Media
coverage of the case continues to decrease and articles
appear infrequently.
4. (U) The Court of Appeals has yet to receive the Makati
Regional Trial Court's certified and complete record of the
case. Upon such receipt, the Court of Appeals will notify
defense counsel, which will then have 30 days to file Smith's
appellate brief.
5. (U) The defense counsel and the Solicitor General's
office have each filed a response to a petition by the
Private Prosecutor to the Supreme Court that it nullify the
Philippine government's transfer of Smith to U.S. custody.
6. (U) In a separate proceeding, the Supreme Court ruled on
February 6 that the Private Prosecutor's petition to declare
Article V paragraph 6 of the Visiting Forces Agreement
"unconstitutional" was moot. In its decision, the Supreme
Court said the issue whether the U.S. obligation to present
the accused for trial continues after one year was "merely
academic . . . since the one-year period was not exceeded."
Visit Embassy Manila's Classified SIPRNET website:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eap/manila/index. cfm
You can also access this site through the State Department's
Classified SIPRNET website:
http:// www.state.sgov.gov/
KENNEY