United States v. Robertson

OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES, Judge:

Technical Sergeant Robertson was convicted of having used cocaine.1 On review he appeals two rulings on evidence, the instructions on findings, and the effectiveness of the post-trial representation he received. We find errors but no prejudice, and we affirm.2

I. Impeachment By Arrest

Sergeant Robertson called his female housemate (a platonic friend) to establish his defense that his ingestion of cocaine was innocent, without knowledge and unintentional. She admitted to having been a user of cocaine. According to her, she bought for herself the cocaine that…