United States v. Wright

I dissented in United States v. Eggleston, 2 M.J. 1066 (A.C.M.R. 13 December 1976), because there was no evidence in the record that the appellant used either his rank as staff sergeant or his position as a supply sergeant to foster the distribution of contraband to a fellow soldier. This case is factually different from Eggleston and does not compel the same result, when a thorough analysis is made of the Relford1 jurisdictional criteria. United States v. Moore, 24 U.S.C.M.A. 293, 295, 52 C.M.R. 4, 6, 1 M.J. 448 (1976); see United States v. McCarthy, 25 U.S.C.M.A. 30, 33, 54 C.M.R. 30, 33, 2…