United States v. Nault

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Chief Judge:

While in a state of apparent intoxication, the appellant was apprehended for kicking and damaging the door of a Chief Warrant Officer’s quarters. Pursuant to his detention, he was searched by Sergeant Capps, a military policeman, who discovered a small pill which was pink or purple in color. Sergeant Capps purported at trial to identify a pill marked prosecution exhibit 3 as the same pill found on the appellant and testified that after discovering the pill in the first instance he released it to the acting evidence custodian, Sergeant Harrell.…