United States v. Reff

INTRODUCTION

Defendant-Appellant George Reff Sr. challenges his conviction for “First Degree Murder on a Government Reservation.” The primary issue on appeal is whether the Government sufficiently proved that Reff was “[wjithin the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States” when he committed the murder. See 18 U.S.C. § 1111(b).

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

On December 31, 2003, at approximately 10:39 p.m., the Fort Hood Military Police (“MP”) notified United States Army Criminal Investigation Command (“CID”) that a traffic accident had occurred on Hood Road near the visitors…