United States v. Coleman

OPINION OF THE COURT

COHEN, Judge:

At about 0830 hours on the day the appellant was arrested, his company commander was informed by the first sergeant that a confidential informant had seen drugs in the appellant’s automobile. The informant, known to the commander to be a good soldier, refused to make a sworn statement or to otherwise publicly acknowledge the information. The commander contacted a representative of the staff judge advocate’s office. It was decided that there was insufficient information to justify the issuance of a search warrant, but that the appellant should be contacted to…