United States v. Hargrove

OPINION OF THE COURT

RIVES, Judge:

Many things can go wrong with the collection and testing of drug urinalysis samples. This appellant seeks reversal of his conviction because the government did not provide a witness to discuss something that could have gone wrong in his case. We disagree that the test for witness production includes a purely speculative scenario, and we affirm.

The facts here are similar to those in many other cases that involve a prosecution for the use of drugs: Technical Sergeant Fred Hargrove was randomly selected to provide a urine specimen for drug testing, the chain of…