Legal Opinion
United States v. Nimmer
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
Decided September 29, 1995No. 94-0768; CMR No. 922146PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court
WISS, Judge:
1. This is an appeal from a special court-martial conviction by officer members for wrongful use of cocaine.1 We agreed to consider whether the military judge abused his discretion when he excluded expert testimony regarding a negative hair analysis for presence of a cocaine metabolite, which was offered by the defense as tending to rebut the prosecution’s allegation of a one-time use of cocaine.2 See Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993); United *253States v. Gipson, 24 MJ 246 (CMA 1987). Under the…
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