         U NITED S TATES N AVY –M ARINE C ORPS
             C OURT OF C RIMINAL A PPEALS
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                             No. 201700296
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                 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                                 Appellee
                                     v.
                       WILLIAM J. EDWARDS
                   Corporal (E-4), U.S. Marine Corps
                               Appellant
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 Appeal from the United States Navy -Marine Corps Trial Judiciary

  Military Judge: Lieutenant Colonel Forrest W. Hoover, USMC.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d
               Marine Division, Camp Lejuene, NC.
 Staff Judge Advocate’s Recommendation: Lieutenant Colonel K.A.
                         Parrella, USMC.
   For Appellant: Commander Robert D. Evans, Jr., JAGC, USN.
               For Appellee: Brian K. Keller, Esq.
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                       Decided 28 December 2017
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  Before H UTCHISON , S AYEGH , and ELLINGTON , 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
