            UNITED STATES NAVY-MARINE CORPS
               COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                    WASHINGTON, D.C.
                               Before
            F.D. MITCHELL, J.A. FISCHER, M.K. JAMISON
                      Appellate Military Judges

                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               v.

                      MICHAEL A. RIVAS
          CULINARY SPECIALIST THIRD CLASS, U.S. NAVY

                       NMCCA 201400137
                   GENERAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 19 December 2013.
Military Judge: CAPT Robert Blazewick, JAGC, USN.
Convening Authority: Commander, Navy Region Southeast,
Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: CDR N.O. Evans,
JAGC, USN.
For Appellant: CDR Bree A. Ermentrout, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Mr. Brian K. Keller, Esq.

                        17 April 2014

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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
