United States v. Heyward

DECISION

SNYDER, Judge.

We hold as to this issue, that a noncommissioned officer who has knowledge of an *944airman’s involvement with drug abuse and fails to report that drug abuse to a superior, or law enforcement authorities, may be convicted of dereliction of duty, in violation of Article 92, U.C.M.J., 10 U.S.C. § 892.

The accused stands convicted of dereliction of duty, use of marijuana, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and endeavoring to impede the administration of nonjudicial punishment, in violation of Articles 81, 92, and 134, U.C.M.J., 10 U.S.C. §§ 881, 892, 934. His sentence extends to a…