United States v. Cooper

DECISION

ARROWOOD, Senior Judge:

Evidence of the accused’s specific trait of good military character is not pertinent to a charge of possession of marijuana in violation of Article 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C.A. § 934.

After being informed that a military working dog trained to detect drugs had alerted on his car, the accused signed a consent for the car to be searched. The search yielded some 260 grams of marijuana which the accused claims was placed in the car without his knowledge. To bolster accused’s testimony the defense counsel sought to present testimony concerning…