United States v. Valles-Santana

I concur in the result. Like the majority, I find sufficient “service connection,” as that term is defined in O’Callahan v. Parker, 395 U.S. 258, 89 S.Ct. 1683, 23 L.Ed.2d 291 (1969) and Relford v. Commandant, 401 U.S. 355, 91 S.Ct. 649, 28 L.Ed.2d 102 (1971), only as to appellant’s criminal acts on 21 November 1974.

My reluctance to concur outright is hinged on the principal opinion’s treatment of United States v. Blancuzzi, 46 C.M.R. 922 (N.C.M.R.1972). As I read that opinion the Navy Court of Review refused to apply in the case of an off-post drug sale to an undercover military police…