United States v. GAONA Jr.

• Court: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Decided: August 14, 2025
• Docket: 202400404
• Status: Published

Opinion

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

Before KISOR, PICTON, and THORNHILL Appellate Military Judges

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UNITED STATES Appellee

v.

Julian C. GAONA Jr. Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps Appellant

No. 202400404

Decided: 14 August 2025

Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

Military Judge: Ryan C. Lipton

Sentence adjudged 24 July 2024 by a special court-martial tried at Ma- rine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, consisting of of- ficer and enlisted members, and sentenced by a military judge alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to E-1, confinement for 180 days, and a bad-conduct discharge. 1

For Appellant: Captain Colin P. Norton, USMC

1 Appellant was credited with have served 108 days of pretrial confinement. United States v. Gaona, NMCCA No. 202400404 Opinion of the Court

This opinion does not serve as binding precedent under NMCCA Rule of Appellate Procedure 30.2(a).

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. 2 The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT:

MARK K. JAMISON Clerk of Court

2 Articles 59 & 66, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 859, 866.