United States v. Robertson

GRANT, Judge:

Appellant was arraigned at a special court-martial on charges involving two specifications of unauthorized absence, from 7 May 1978 to 27 November 1978 and 16 March 1979 to 5 June 1979 (Charge and Additional Charge I, respectively), and two specifications of desertion, from 18 July 1979 to 29 May 1984 and 11 June 1984 to 23 January 1985 (Additional Charges II and III, respectively). Appellant moved for dismissal of all charges on grounds that the court-martial lacked personal jurisdiction, by virtue of recruiter misconduct which occurred at the time of his enlistment. The trial…