On the recordSeptember 30, 1999
I support the manager's amendment. Once this bill was reported, it is fitting that the Uniform Code of Justice be compatible with the Federal statute, and that is why we procedurally waived jurisdiction. The need for the manager's amendment and the request for support by this body is illustrated by the case of United States versus Robbins. In that case, Gregory Robbins, an airman, and his wife, who was over 8 months pregnant with a daughter that they had named Jasmine, resided at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, an area of exclusive Federal jurisdiction. On September 12, 1996, Mr. Robbins wrapped his fist in a T-shirt to reduce the chance that it would inflict visible bruises, and he badly beat his wife by striking her repeatedly in the face and abdomen with his fist. Mrs. Robbins survived the attack with a severely battered eye, a broken nose and a ruptured uterus.
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