CORE CRIMINAL LAW SUBJECTS: Crimes: Article 134 -- Mail-Taking,
Opening, Secreting, Destroying, or Stealing
Mail matter:
United
States v. Fox, 50 MJ 444 (theft of mail matter under
Article
134, UCMJ, as delineated by the President, applies from the point that
an item
is deposited in a postal system until it is delivered to or received by
the addressee;
once deposited in the mail, the matter does not lose its character as
mail
matter until delivered to or received by the addressee, even if the
mail is
misaddressed and delivered to other than the addressee).