United States v. Carrott

DECISION

LEWIS, Judge:

Despite his plea of not guilty the appellant was found guilty of wrongful use of cocaine by a military judge, sitting alone. The evidence substantiating the alleged use was the result of a urinalysis conducted by the gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) confirmation test method at a contract laboratory. The test revealed the presence of benzoylecgonine, the specific metabolite of cocaine, at a level of 415 nanograms per milliliter (415 ng/ml) of urine. This was well above the 150 ng/ml level required for a positive confirmation test result. We find that the…