United States v. Black

OPINION OF THE COURT

FERGUSON, Senior Judge:

The appellant challenges his conviction by general court-martial of conspiring to transfer heroin,1 contending that the offense was not “service connected” and, hence, was not triable by court-martial. Relford v. Commandant, 401 U.S. 355, 91 S.Ct. 649, 28 L.Ed.2d 102 (1971); O’Callahan v. Parker, 395 U.S. 258, 89 S.Ct. 1683, 23 L.Ed.2d 291 (1969); United States v. Beeker, 18 U.S.C.M.A. 563, 40 C.M.R. 275 (1969). The conspiracy charge upon which the appellant was arraigned alleged that at Saigon, Vietnam, between November 1971 and August 1972, he…