United States v. McLAUGHLIN

• Court: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Decided: July 27, 2020
• Docket: 202000006
• Status: Published

Opinion

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

Before STEPHENS, LAWRENCE, and COGLEY Appellate Military Judges

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UNITED STATES Appellee

v.

Sean C. MCLAUGHLIN Boatswain’s Mate First Class (E-6), U.S. Navy Appellant

No. 202000006

Decided: 27 July 2020

Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

Military Judge: Stephen C. Reyes

Sentence adjudged 30 September 2019 by a general court-martial convened at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, consisting of a military judge sitting alone. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: confinement for six months and a dishonorable discharge. 1

For Appellant: Lieutenant Commander Jeremy J. Wall, JAGC, USN

For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.

1 Pursuant to a pretrial agreement, the convening authority approved a bad- conduct discharge rather than the adjudged dishonorable discharge. United States v. McLaughlin, NMCCA No. 202000006 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. Articles 59, 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