United States v. Gierke

Opinion

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS

UNITED STATES

v.

Senior Airman JESSE L. GIERKE United States Air Force

ACM 38439

07 MAY 2014

Sentence adjudged 14 June 2013 by GCM convened at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. Military Judge: Grant L. Kratz (sitting alone).

Approved Sentence: Bad-conduct discharge, confinement for 16 months, and reduction to E-1.

Appellate Counsel for the Appellant: Captain Thomas A. Smith.

Appellate Counsel for the United States: Colonel Don M. Christensen and Gerald R. Bruce, Esquire.

Before

HELGET, MITCHELL, and WEBER Appellate Military Judges

This opinion is subject to editorial correction before final release.

PER CURIAM:

The approved findings and sentence are correct in law and fact, and no error materially prejudicial to the substantial rights of the appellant occurred. Article 66(c), UCMJ, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c); United States v. Reed, 54 M.J. 37, 41 (C.A.A.F. 2000). Accordingly, the approved findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT

STEVEN LUCAS

Clerk of the Court