United States v. Young

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’DONNELL, Judge:

The appellant was convicted of wrongfully possessing, transferring, and selling .04 grams of heroin, in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 934. His sentence to dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, confinement at hard labor for five years, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade was approved by the convening authority.1

At trial, an undercover operative for the criminal investigators, Private John Kem-per, testified that on the date in question he first attempted to purchase heroin from a…