United States v. Gilbert

On direct examination appellant testified that he had been in the Drug and Alcohol program, that he had successfully completed it, and that it taught him that drugs and alcohol were not the answer to his problem. During cross-examination the following colloquy occurred:

Q: Private First Class Gilbert, you had talked to several people with regard to your offense including First Sergeant Peterson and Master Sergeant Baker, hadn’t you.

*804A: Yes, sir.

DC: Objection. I believe it is beyond the scope, sir.

MJ: Not necessarily. I’ll allow it until we find out what were [sic] doing.

Q: And, isn’t it true…