United States v. Wright

OPINION OF THE COURT

The appellant was convicted by the members of a general court-martial of wrongfully possessing and selling four tablets of phencyclidine in violation of Article 92, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 892. The approved sentence requires review by this Court pursuant to Article 66, UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866.

The principal issue is one of jurisdiction; that is, whether there is sufficient service connection when, although the victim is a member of the armed forces, the drug offenses are committed off-duty and away from a military installation. See United States v.…