United States v. Tearman

PUBLISHED OPINION OF THE COURT

WARD, Judge:

A special court-martial composed of officer members convicted the appellant, contrary to his pleas, of a single specification of wrongfully using marijuana in violation of Article 112a, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 912a. The approved sentence included reduction to pay grade E-l and a bad-conduct discharge.1

*641The appellant assigns one error: that military judge abused his discretion by admitting, over the appellant’s objection, testimonial hearsay in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to confrontation. After careful examination of…