United States v. Pope

DECISION

PRATT, Judge.

Polygraph evidence — to admit or not to admit; that is the question which faced the trial judge in this general court-martial which was tried before a panel of court members. The appellant, in the course of contesting a charge of cocaine use, sought admission of the exculpatory results of a polygraph examination. The military judge ruled against their admission. On appeal, appellant claims that this ruling constituted error. Under the circumstances of this case, we disagree.

*1190Appellant submitted a urine sample as part of the Air Force’s random urinalysis program. Three…