United States v. Hayes

• Court: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Decided: March 17, 2015
• Docket: 201400365
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES NAVY-MARINE CORPS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS WASHINGTON, D.C.

Before J.R. MCFARLANE, K.J. BRUBAKER, D.J. SMITH Appellate Military Judges

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.

JOSHUA L. HAYES CULINARY SPECIALIST SEAMAN APPRENTICE (E-2), U.S. NAVY

NMCCA 201400365 SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 25 July 2014. Military Judge: LtCol Jeffrey Groharing, USMC. Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, USS NIMITZ (CVN 68). Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: LCDR C.J. Deerwester, JAGC, USN. For Appellant: CDR Ricardo Berry, JAGC, USN. For Appellee: LT Amy Freyermuth, JAGC, USN.

17 March 2015

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After careful consideration of the record and the pleadings of the parties, we affirm the findings and sentence as approved by the convening authority. Article 66(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c). We concur with the single summary assignment of error noting the scrivener’s error in the court-martial order and direct that he supplemental court- martial order reflect that Charge I was for a violation of Article 85, UCMJ, vice Article 86.

For the Court

R.H. TROIDL Clerk of Court