United States v. Matthews

Judge GIERKE

delivered the opinion of the Court.

A special court-martial composed of officer members convicted appellant, contrary to her pleas, of wrongfully using marijuana, in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC § 912a. The adjudged and approved sentence provides for a bad-conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the findings and sentence. 50 MJ 584, 591 (1999). Our Court granted review to determine whether the military judge abused his discretion by permitting the prosecution to introduce evidence…