United States v. Attucks

OPINION OF THE COURT

PETROW, Judge:

The appellant was convicted, contrary to his pleas, of one specification of dereliction of duty and one specification of the wrongful use of marijuana and one specification of the wrongful use of cocaine, in violation of Articles 92 and 112a, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. §§ 892, 912a. On appeal, the appellant asserts two errors: first, that the appellant’s conviction for using cocaine was unjustified given that he was unaware that the marijuana he was smoking was laced with cocaine; and second, that the military judge erred by failing to suppress the results of…