United States v. Strifler

• Court: Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals
• Decided: May 30, 2017
• Docket: 201700068
• Status: Published

Opinion

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

No. 201700068 _________________________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Appellee v.

CHRISTOPHER M. STRIFLER Information Systems Technician Third Class (E-4), U.S. Navy Appellant _________________________

Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

Military Judge: Captain Ann K. Minami, JAGC, USN. Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Northwest, Silverdale, WA. Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation : Commander Justin L. Hawks, JAGC, USN. For Appellant: Captain Bree A. Ermentrout, JAGC, USN. For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq. _________________________

Decided 30 May 2017 _________________________

Before M ARKS , J ONES , and M ILLER , Appellate Military Judges _________________________

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). The supplemental court-martial order shall reflect that following arraignment the government withdrew certain language from Specification 1 of Charge 1 and that the specification the appellant was found guilty of reads, “In that Information Systems Technician Third Class Christopher M. Strifler, U.S. Navy, USS JOHN C, STENNIS (CVN 74) on active duty, did, at or near Bremerton, Washington, on or about 21 August 2015, knowingly and wrongfully United States v. Strifler, No. 20170068

possess child pornography, to wit: digital images of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, such conduct being of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces.”

For the Court

R.H. TROIDL Clerk of Court