United States v. Householder

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

The single issue before us may be stated thus: Does the off-base forgery of a servicemember’s signature by another service-member have sufficient “service-connection” to give the military jurisdiction over the offense? The appellant, citing O’Callahan v. Parker, 395 U.S. 258, 89 S.Ct. 1683, 23 L.Ed.2d 291 (1969), Relford v. Commandant, 401 U.S. 355, 91 S.Ct. 649, 28 L.Ed.2d 102 (1971) and United States v. Uhlman, 1 M.J. 419 (C.M.A.1976), argues that it does not and asks that we set aside his conviction as to these three allegations.1 We find an adequate basis for…