United States v. POLLER

• Court: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Decided: January 28, 2026
• Docket: 202400425
• Status: Published

Opinion

This opinion is subject to administrative correction before final disposition.

Before DALY, HARRELL, and KORN Appellate Military Judges

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UNITED STATES Appellee

v.

Chase R. POLLER Hospital Corpsman Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy Appellant

No. 202400425

Decided: 28 January 2026

Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

Military Judge: Andrea K. Lockhart

Sentence adjudged 22 August 2024 by a general court-martial tried at Naval Base San Diego, California. Sentence in the Entry of Judgment: reduction to E-1, confinement for 17 years, forfeiture of all pay and al- lowances, and a dishonorable discharge.

For Appellant: Major Joshua Keefe, USMC

For Appellee: Captain Jacob Carmin, USMC Lieutenant Colonel Allison Acosta, USMC United States v. Poller, NMCCA No. 202400425 Opinion of the Court

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

PER CURIAM:

A general court-martial convicted Appellant, pursuant to his pleas, of re- ceiving, possessing, distributing and producing child pornography in violation of Article 134, UCMJ. 1 Appellant personally assigns one error and asks us to affirm only 12 years of his adjudged 17 year sentence to confinement. 2 After careful consideration of the record and the matters raised personally by Appel- lant, 3 we have determined that the findings and sentence are correct in law and that no error materially prejudicial to Appellant’s substantial rights oc- curred. 4

The findings and sentence are AFFIRMED.

FOR THE COURT:

MARK K. JAMISON Clerk of Court

1 10 U.S.C. §934.

2 Raised pursuant to United States v. Grostefon, 12 M.J. 431 (C.M.A. 1982):

WHETHER APPELLANT’S SENTENCE TO SEVENTEEN YEARS’ CONFINEMENT IS INAPPROPRIATELY SEVERE. 3 See United States v. Matias, 25 M.J. 356 (C.M.A. 1987).

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