· 2/24/1971
Relford v. Commandant, US Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth
Citations
- 401 U.S. 355
- 91 S. Ct. 649
- 28 L. Ed. 2d 102
- 1971 U.S. LEXIS 80
How courts have described this case
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- listing the factors to be considered in the context of the “ ‘service-connected’ test”
- equating an offense violative of the physical security of a person, such as the rapes and kidnapping at issue in the case, with a “crime against the person of the individual”
- equating an offense violative of the physical security of a person, such as the rapes and kidnapping at issue in the case, with a “crime against the person of the individual”
- “a serviceman’s crime against the person of an individual upon the base ... is ‘service connected’ ”
- An offense committed by a service member on post is service connected and subject to court-martial jurisdiction
- off-base attempted rape, housebreaking, and assault with intent to commit rape did not involve “flouting”
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Judges: Blackmun
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