United States v. Wren

In applying the criteria established in Relford v. Commandant, 401 U.S. 355, 91 S.Ct. 649, 28 L.Ed.2d 102, 657 (1971) to the evidence in this case, I do not find the service connection necessary for the exercise of court-martial jurisdiction. Therefore, I would set aside the findings of guilty to the Specification of Charge II, order it dismissed, and reassess the sentence based on the remaining findings of guilty.

[W]hen a serviceman is charged with an offense committed within ... a military post and violative of the security of a person or of the property there, that offense may be tried by…