United States v. Baker

• Court: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Decided: April 9, 2020
• Docket: 201900274
• Status: Published

Opinion

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

Before HITESMAN, GASTON, and KOVAC, Appellate Military Judges

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UNITED STATES Appellee

v.

Laurence L. BAKER Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps Appellant

No. 201900274

Decided: 9 April 2020

Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary.

Military Judges: Jeffery Munoz (arraignment) John P. Norman (trial)

Sentence adjudged 15 July 2019 by a special court-martial convened at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty Nine Palms, California, consisting of a military judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to E-1 and a bad-conduct discharge.

For Appellant: Lieutenant Commander Christopher Roper, JAGC, USN.

For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.

This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a). United States v. Baker, NMCCA No. 201900274

PER CURIAM: After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of error, we have determined that the findings and sentence are correct in law and fact and that no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial rights occurred. Articles 59 and 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866. The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT:

RODGER A. DREW, JR. Clerk of Court