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

                               Before
             J.A. FISCHER, A.C. RUGH, T.H. CAMPBELL
                      Appellate Military Judges

                   UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                               v.

                     BRANDON P. SHIELDS
               SERGEANT (E-5), U.S. MARINE CORPS

                        NMCCA 201500366
                    SPECIAL COURT-MARTIAL

Sentence Adjudged: 29 July 2015.
Military Judge: CDR C.A. Kisor, JAGC, USN.
Convening Authority: Commanding Officer, 4th Marine
Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, New Orleans, LA.
Staff Judge Advocate's Recommendation: LtCol E.R. Kleis,
USMC.
For Appellant: LT Rachel E. Weidemann, JAGC, USN.
For Appellee: Mr. Brian Keller, Esq.

                       29 February 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
