United States v. Blanchard

Opinion of the Court

FLETCHER, Judge:

At his trial by general court-martial, appellant was found guilty of wrongful transfer of cocaine.1 We have examined the military judge’s admission of the Airman Performance Report of the government informant as rebuttal of evidence of his reputation for falsehood, and find its admission for this purpose to be error. Nevertheless, absence of any substantial prejudice compels us to affirm the decision of the court below.

During the trial only one witness, the government informant, testified to his eyewitness observation of appellant’s misconduct. During the…