United States v. Brown

DECISION

HODGSON, Chief Judge:

The paramount issue in this case concerns the accused’s attempted kidnapping conviction which arose from his relationship with the wife of a fellow service member.1

I

The accused and Mrs. G began dating during the summer of 1980, after she and *502her husband separated. In August 1981, Mrs. G and her husband reconciled and she no longer dated the accused. This did not terminate the accused’s affection for Mrs. G or alter his desire that their relationship continue. Eventually his actions with her resulted in a guilty plea to aggravated assault, assault and battery,…