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

                               Before
              K.J. BRUBAKER, A.C. RUGH, T.P. BELSKY
                      Appellate Military Judges

                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               v.

                      NICOLAS RAMIREZ
            LANCE CORPORAL (E-3), U.S. MARINE CORPS

                        NMCCA 201500315
                    SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 26 May 2015.
Military Judge: LtCol L.J. Francis, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, 1st Light Armored
Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Rein), Camp
Pendleton, CA.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: LtCol D.C. Young,
USMC.
For Appellant: CDR Suzanne M. Lachelier, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Mr. Brian K. Keller, Esq.

                       14 January 2016

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                    OPINION OF THE COURT
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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
