          U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
              C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700293
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                  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.

                       BRANDON K. PATTON
                Lance Corporal (E-3), U.S. Marine Corps
                              Appellant
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  Appeal from the United States Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

     Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey V. Munoz, USMC.
 Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, 2d Battalion, 1st Marine
     Regiment, 1st Marine Division (Rein), Camp Pendleton , CA.
 Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Major Matthew J. Stewart,
                                USMC.
 For Appellant: Lieutenant Commander Paul D. Jenkins, JAGC, USN.
                  For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                         Decided 9 January 2018
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   Before M ARKS , W OODARD , and H INES , Appellate Military Judges
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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
