United States v. Hamilton

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHNSON, Judge:

This is an appeal by the government under Article 62, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 862, of a ruling by the military judge which excludes evidence that is substantial proof of a fact material in the proceeding. On 10 November 1992 Sergeant Hamilton was arraigned before a general court-martial at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The charges allege that while he was deployed to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in late 1991 he arranged for persons in the United States to mail him alcoholic beverages, some of which he drank and some of which he transferred or sold to others. He is…