United States v. Hunter

Opinion

U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS

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No. 201700036

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Appellee

v.

AUSTIN J. HUNTER

Private (E-1), U.S. Marine Corps Appellant

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Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

Military Judge: Major Robert D. Merrill, USMC.

Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, Headquarters and Service Battalion, Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA .

Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Major Michael J. Eby, USMC.

For Appellant: Captain Matthew A. Blackwood, USMCR. For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.

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Decided 31 January 2018

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Before M ARKS , J ONES , and W OODARD , Appellate Military Judges

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After careful consideration of the record, submitted without assignment of error, we affirm the findings and sentence as approved by the convening authority. Art. 66(c), Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 866(c).

For the Court

R.H. TROIDL Clerk of Court