Legal Opinion

United States v. Tyler

U S Air Force Court of Military Review

Decided May 25, 1988No. ACM 26407PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

The appellant was convicted of various drug offenses involving cocaine and marijuana. The thrust of his appeal centers mainly around the testimony of Sergeant Mark C. Baker, a government informant and admitted drug abuser, who began assisting law enforcement agents after his liquor purchasing scam was uncovered.

Baker testified he was having financial problems and to ease them he would buy liquor on a credit card at the base package store and later sell it to military and civilian acquaintances at a fraction of the original cost. While the scheme provided an…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. United States v. SalesUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1986
  2. People v. ThorntonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
  3. United States v. GipsonUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1987
  4. United States v. Gregory Scott FerrisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
  5. United States v. Reno SoundingsidesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. United States v. RodriguezU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1989
  2. United States v. WestUnited States Court of Military Appeals · 1988
  3. United States v. BranoffU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1992
  4. United States v. ProctorU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1992
  5. United States v. HartU S Air Force Court of Military Review · 1990

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